Optimal bundling strategies under heavy-tailed valuations

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1963-1976

  Ibragimov, Rustam ^a   Walden, Johan ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heavy tailed valuations; Multiproduct monopolist; Optimal bundling strategies; Profit maximizing prices; Vickrey auction

Indexed keywords

BUNDLING STRATEGIES; HEAVY-TAILED; MULTI-PRODUCTS; PROFIT-MAXIMIZING PRICES; VICKREY AUCTION;

COSTS; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; RANDOM VARIABLES;

DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS;

EID: 78649753013     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1100.1234     Document Type: Article

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