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We study optimal dynamic selling mechanisms in a two-stage model where the buyer can search for a better price at the second stage. When this outside price is public, the optimal selling mechanism takes the form of a fixed first-stage price with price matching in the second stage. In contrast,...
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How do rational firms respond to consumer biases? In this paper, we analyze the profit-maximizing contract design of … the profit-maximizing contract design with partially naive time-inconsistent consumers. First, firms price investment … consumption and underestimation of the renewal probability. The predictions of the theory match the empirical contract design in …
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This paper analyzes two aspects of the standard sequential consumer search model: (1) the role of the consumer's ex ante information structure on market outcomes and search behavior; and (2) the effect of imperfect recall on market outcomes and search behavior. Simulated equilibria are generated...
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