Competition-based dynamic pricing in online retailing: a methodology validated with field experiments

Management Science

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 2496-2514

  Fisher, Marshall ^a   Gallino, Santiago ^b   Li, Jun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition based dynamic pricing; Consumer choice; Field experiment; Online retailing; Stockouts

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; SALES;

CONSUMER CHOICE; DYNAMIC PRICING; FIELD EXPERIMENT; ONLINE RETAILING; STOCK OUTS;

COSTS;

EID: 85047150197     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2017.2753     Document Type: Article

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