Nonlinear pricing and type-dependent network effects
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Nonlinear pricing and type-dependent network effects
Network effects can reduce consumption levels across customers when a monopolist chooses optimal nonlinear pricing. The direction and extent of these distortions depend on the relative rates of variation in marginal intrinsic value and marginal network value with customer type. D 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Economics Letters
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0165-1765
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2003.10.009