This paper examines pricing policy, quality levels, consumer surplus and social welfare for the monopoly and non-monopoly case. It is shown that given certain realistic assumptions, the network industry under unregulated monopoly would yield more social welfare than in the case of several...

The paper analyses the options open to monopoly firms that sell software or internet service. We consider customers who have different reservation prices that are rectangularly distributed. The monopoly in general undertakes sustainable price discrimination between customers by producing two...

Events that directly affect stock indices are of considerable importance to various index instruments such as ETFs and index funds. One of the most important of such events involves updating the index, which takes place once or twice per year. The effect this has on the capital markets is known...

Purpose This research aims to examine the decision-making process involved in saving for retirement and compare it with decision-making processes regarding other financial products (such as loans and savings plans) as well as real products (such as a car or a home). Design/methodology/approach...