Consumer sorting of vertically differentiated goods

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2010
Volume: 109
Issue: 1
Pages: 11-13

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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

Abstract

This paper shows the conditions for consumer sorting to be profitable. Sorting of low quality goods dampens their substitutability with high quality goods and can raise firm's profit even when sorting lowers profit from low quality sales considered alone.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:109:y:2010:i:1:p:11-13
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25