Intertemporal Price Discrimination: Structure and Computation of Optimal Policies

Omar Besbes
Omar Besbes
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Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
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Ilan Lobel
Ilan Lobel
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Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York 10012
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Omar Besbes

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Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027

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Ilan Lobel

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Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York 10012

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Published Online:15 Jan 2015https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2014.2049

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