Behavior-Based Price Discrimination and Product Choice

B-Tier
Journal: Review of Industrial Organization
Year: 2021
Volume: 58
Issue: 2
Pages: 263-273

Authors (2)

Chongwoo Choe (not in RePEc) Noriaki Matsushima (Osaka University)

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Abstract We study a two-period model of behavior-based price discrimination, as in Fudenberg and Tirole (RAND J Econ 31(4):634–657, 2000), but we allow firms to make their product choices in the first period. We show that the only possible equilibrium involves maximal differentiation. This is in contrast to Choe et al. (Manag Sci 64(12):5669–5687, 2018), where equilibrium features less-than-maximal differentiation when competition is in personalized pricing. Thus, our result highlights an important interplay between the type of price competition and product choice.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:kap:revind:v:58:y:2021:i:2:d:10.1007_s11151-020-09783-x
Journal Field
Industrial Organization
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25