Multipart tariffs and bounded rationality: An experimental analysis of mobile phone plan choices
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.04.016
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Complexity; Laboratory experiments; Mobile phone pricing; Nonlinear pricing; Cellular;JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
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