Nonlinear Pricing of Information Goods

Arun Sundararajan
Arun Sundararajan
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Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, 44 West 4th Street, New York, New York 10012
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Arun Sundararajan

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Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, 44 West 4th Street, New York, New York 10012

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Published Online:1 Dec 2004https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1040.0291

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