Dynamic Competition With Random Demand and Costless Search: A Theory of Price Posting

Econometrica

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1185-1247

  Deneckere, Raymond ^a   Peck, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand uncertainty; Dynamic competition; Endogenous rationing; Forward looking consumers; Information effect; Option value effect; Revenue management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861709900     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA8806     Document Type: Article

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