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Nearly Optimal Pricing for Multiproduct Firms

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  • Chenghuan Sean Chu
  • Phillip Leslie
  • Alan Sorensen

    (Graduate School of Business Stanford University)

Abstract

We examine pricing strategies for a multiproduct monopolist. We show that simple quantity discounting strategies are almost as profitable as fully optimal bundling. We investigate this in an empirical example, using data from a theater company

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  • Chenghuan Sean Chu & Phillip Leslie & Alan Sorensen, 2006. "Nearly Optimal Pricing for Multiproduct Firms," 2006 Meeting Papers 830, Society for Economic Dynamics.
    • Handle: RePEc:red:sed006:830
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    2. Shi, Guanming & Chavas, Jean-Paul & Stiegert, Kyle W., 2008. "An Analysis of Bundle Pricing: The Case of the Corn Seed Market," Staff Papers 92212, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics.
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    JEL classification:

    • L10 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - General
    • D41 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Perfect Competition

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