Intertemporal Price Discrimination with Complementary Products: E-Books and E-Readers

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2018.3083

References

  • Berry S, Levinsohn J, Pakes A (1995) Automobile prices in market equilibrium. Econometrica: J. Econom. Soc. 63(4):841–890.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Besanko D, Winston WL (1990) Optimal price skimming by a monopolist facing rational consumers. Management Sci. 36(5):555–567.LinkGoogle Scholar
  • Book Industry Study Group, Inc. (2019) Bookstats. Available at https://www.bookstats.org/.Google Scholar
  • Bowker Market Research (2012a) Consumer attitudes toward e-book reading. Available at http://www.bowker.com/retailer-business.Google Scholar
  • Bowker Market Research (2012b) U.S. book consumer demographics and buying behaviors annual review. Available at http://www.bowker.com/news/2012.Google Scholar
  • Chandukala SR, Kim J, Otter T, Rossi PE, Allenby GM (2008) Choice models in marketing: Economic assumptions, challenges and trends. Foundations Trends (R) Marketing 2(2):97–184.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Chintagunta PK, Dubé JP (2005) Estimating a stockkeeping-unit-level brand choice model that combines household panel data and store data. J. Marketing Res. 42(3):368–379.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Clements MT, Ohashi H (2005) Indirect network effects and the product cycle: U.S. video games, 1994–2002. J. Indust. Econom. 53(4):515–542.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Dubé JP, Hitsch GJ, Chintagunta P (2010) Tipping and concentration in markets with indirect network effects. Marketing Sci. 29(2):216–249.LinkGoogle Scholar
  • Dubé JP, Hitsch GJ, Rossi PE (2009) Do switching costs make markets less competitive? J. Marketing Res. 46(4):435–445.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Economides N, Seim K, Viard VB (2008) Quantifying the benefits of entry into local phone service. RAND J. Econom. 39(3):699–730.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Gandal N, Kende M, Rob R (2000) The dynamics of technological adoption in hardware/software systems: The case of compact disc players. RAND J. Econom. 31(1):43–61.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Gentzkow M (2007) Valuing new goods in a model with complementarity: Online newspapers. Amer. Econom. Rev. 97(3):713–744.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Gil R, Hartmann WR (2009) Empirical analysis of metering price discrimination: Evidence from concession sales at movie theaters. Marketing Sci. 28(6):1046–1062.LinkGoogle Scholar
  • Gilbert R (2015) E-books: A tale of digital disruption. J. Econom. Perspect. 29(3):165–184.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Goettler R, Gordon B (2011) Does AMD spur Intel to innovate more? J. Political Econom. 119(6):1141–1200.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Gordon B (2009) A dynamic model of consumer replacement cycles in the processor industry. Marketing Sci. 28(5):846–867.LinkGoogle Scholar
  • Gowrisankaran G, Rysman M (2012) Dynamics of consumer demand for new durable goods. J. Political Econom. 120(6):1173–1219.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Hartmann WR, Nair HS (2010) Retail competition and the dynamics of demand for tied goods. Marketing Sci. 29(2):366–386.LinkGoogle Scholar
  • Hendel I, Nevo A (2013) Intertemporal price discrimination in storable goods markets. Amer. Econom. Rev. 103(7):2722–2751.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Hu YJ, Smith MD (2013) The impact of e-book distribution on print sales: Analysis of a natural experiment.Google Scholar
  • Imbens GW, Lancaster T (1994) Combining micro and macro data in microeconometric models. Rev. Econom. Stud. 61(4):655–680.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Klemperer P (1995) Competition when consumers have switching costs: An overview with applications to industrial organization, macroeconomics, and international trade. Rev. Econom. Stud. 62(4):515–539.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Lee R (2013) Vertical integration and exclusivity in platform and two-sided markets. Amer. Econom. Rev. 103(7):2960–3000.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Liu H (2010) Dynamics of pricing in the video game console market: Skimming or penetration? J. Marketing Res. 47(3):428–443.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Melnikov (2013) Demand for differentiated durable products: The case of the U.S. computer printer market. Econom. Inquiry 51(2):1277–1298.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Nair H (2007) Intertemporal price discrimination with forward-looking consumers: Application to the U.S. market for console video-games. Quant. Marketing Econom. 5(3):239–292.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Nair H, Chintagunta P, Dubé JP (2004) Empirical analysis of indirect network effects in the market for personal digital assistants. Quant. Marketing Econom. 2(1):23–58.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Nielsen, Inc. (2012a) BookScan. Available at https://www.nielsen.com/us/en.html.Google Scholar
  • Nielsen, Inc. (2012b) Online shopping trend report. Available at https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/solutions/capabilities/ecommerce.html.Google Scholar
  • Oi W (1971) A Disneyland dilemma: Two-part tariffs for a Mickey Mouse monopoly. Quart. J. Econom. 85(1):77–96.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Petrin A, Train K (2010) A control function approach to endogeneity in consumer choice models. J. Marketing Res. 47(1):3–13.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Pew Research Center (2013) The rise of e-reading. Available from http://www.pewinternet.org/2012/04/04/the-rise-of-e-reading-5/.Google Scholar
  • Reimers I, Waldfogel J (2017) Throwing the books at them: Amazon’s puzzling long run pricing strategy. Southern Econom. J. 83(4):869–885.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Rosen S, Rosenfield A (1997) Ticket pricing. J. Law Econom. 40(2):351–376.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Rust J (1987) Optimal replacement of GMC bus engines: An empirical model of Harold Zurcher. Econometrica 55(5):999–1033.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Stokey NL (1979) Intertemporal price discrimination. Quart. J. Econom. 93(3):355–371.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Su CL, Judd KL (2012) Constrained optimization approaches to estimation of structural models. Econometrica 80(5):2213–2230.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • White House (2015) Big data and differential pricing. Available at https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/whitehouse_files/docs/Big_Data_Report_Nonembargo_v2.pdf.Google Scholar
INFORMS site uses cookies to store information on your computer. Some are essential to make our site work; Others help us improve the user experience. By using this site, you consent to the placement of these cookies. Please read our Privacy Statement to learn more.