Dynamic pricing in the presence of strategic consumers and oligopolistic competition

Management Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-46

  Levin, Yuri ^a   Mcgill, Jeff ^a   Nediak, Mikhail ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition; Dynamic pricing; Stochastic dynamic games; Strategic consumer behavior

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER CHOICE; DYNAMIC PRICING; EQUILIBRIUM PRICE; EXPECTED REVENUE; FINITE SEGMENTS; MONOTONICITY; MULTIPLE MARKETS; OLIGOPOLISTIC COMPETITION; OPTIMALITY CONDITIONS; STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC GAMES; STOCHASTIC DYNAMICS; STRATEGIC BEHAVIOR; STRATEGIC CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

COMPETITION; COSTS; GAME THEORY; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 67650090653     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1080.0936     Document Type: Article

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