Pricing scheme choice: how process affects outcome
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SYSNO ASEP
0342784
Document Type
J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type
Journal Article
Subsidiary J
Ostatní články
Title
Pricing scheme choice: how process affects outcome
Author(s)
Shestakova, Natalia (NHU-C)
Source Title
CERGE-EI Working Paper Series
- ISSN 1211-3298
Roč. 20, č. 2 (2010), s. 99-129
Number of pages
31 s.
Publication form
www - www
Language
eng - English
Country
CZ - Czech Republic
Keywords
choice process ; heuristics ; price discrimination
Subject RIV
AH - Economics
R&D Projects
LC542 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
CEZ
MSM0021620846 - NHU-C
Annotation
Standard price discrimination theories are based on the assumption that consumers use their future demand estimates to evaluate net utility of each pricing scheme and choose the scheme with the highest value. However, some evidence suggests that consumers might not always behave this way. The experiment presented in this paper shows that indeed a substantial proportion of subjects choose not to evaluate the net utility of the offered pricing schemes. Instead, they select from pricing schemes based on a comparison of the schemes' parameters. Interestingly, this selection approach leads to the correct pricing-scheme choice when subjects are not well aware of their demand, and to the incorrect choice when they are. The results call for alternative theories of price discrimination and corresponding policy implications.
Workplace
NHU-C
Contact
Tomáš Pavela, pavela@cerge-ei.cz, Tel.: 224 005 122
Year of Publishing
2011
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