Dynamic pricing when customers strategically time their purchase: Asymptotic optimality of a two-price policy

Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-66

  Bansal, Matulya ^a   Maglaras, Costis ^b  

^a Quantitative Research   (United Kingdom)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic ptimality; Mechanism design; Nonlinear programming; Revenue optimisation; Riskaversion; Strategic behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650251400     PISSN: 14766930     EISSN: 1477657X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/rpm.2008.48     Document Type: Article

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