书目名称 | Recent Advances in the Theory of Third-Degree Price Discrimination |
副标题 | A Nexus to Network E |
编辑 | Takanori Adachi,Ryo Hashizume,Tomohisa Okada |
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概述 | Relevant to policy analysis of pricing behavior when network effects and quality improvements are important.Studies third-degree price discrimination with emphasis on behavioral aspects and oligopoly. |
丛书名称 | SpringerBriefs in Economics |
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描述 | .This book provides an updated overview of the recent progress in the theoretical study of third-degree price discrimination. It is a marketing tactic and is said to be present if the unit price is different across different groups of buyers. Its welfare evaluation is often difficult because it entails two countervailing effects: on one hand, it exploits surplus from consumers who have high willingness-to-pay, but on the other hand, it generates gains from trade from consumers who otherwise would not purchase the good. Recognizing this difficulty, we provide new insights on evaluation of third-degree price discrimination in consideration of network effects and vertical product differentiation. Our analysis is particularly useful for the industries related to information and communication technologies (ICT) because these two elements characterize them. Furthermore, we also study the welfare effects of third-degree price discrimination under imperfect competition other than monopoly.At first, it seems that it may complicate the analysis under monopoly. However, we argue that the main thrusts of analysis under monopoly carry over to the case of oligopoly. We also take into account be |
出版日期 | Book 2023 |
关键词 | Industrial Organization; Behaviroal Economics; Price Discrimination; Network Effects; Product Differenti |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3205-4 |
isbn_softcover | 978-981-99-3204-7 |
isbn_ebook | 978-981-99-3205-4Series ISSN 2191-5504 Series E-ISSN 2191-5512 |
issn_series | 2191-5504 |
copyright | Development Bank of Japan 2023 |