The opioid crisis is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths and trillions of dollars in costs. The secondary market for opioids contributes substantially to those numbers. Nevertheless, the welfare consequences of closing secondary market distribution remain ambiguous. Although shutting...

We study the classic multi-period joint pricing and inventory control problem in a data-driven setting.In this problem, a retailer makes periodic decisions on the prices and inventory levels of an item that she wishes to sell. The retailer's objective is to maximize the expected profit over a...