顾客市场中的定价

Pricing in a Customer Market

Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1989
被引 218
人大 A+FT50ABS 4*

中文导读

研究垄断者在顾客市场中如何定价,发现高需求时加价幅度可能降低,从而放大需求波动,并分析扩张期是否新顾客比例过高。

Abstract

In standard pricing models, movements in demand are partially offset by price responses. In a customer market, however, price markups may decrease with high demand. Thus, price may magnify, rather than stabilize, demand movements. I consider a monopolist selling a good of which first-time consumers are uncertain. Repeat customers know that the product works. The monopolist trades the objectives of exploiting past customers and attracting new ones. In a period with many new potential customers, the monopolist gives more weight to attracting and lowers its markup. Last, I examine some evidence on whether expansions are periods with disproportionately many new customers.

顾客市场定价垄断新顾客需求波动