Dynamic Pricing in the Airline Industry
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Dynamic price discrimination adjusts prices based on the option value of future sales, which varies with time and units available. This paper surveys the theoretical literature on dynamic price discrimination, and confronts the theories with new data from airline pricing behavior. Correspondence to: R. Preston McAfee, 100 Baxter Hall, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, [email protected].
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