Nonlinear pricing and type-dependent network effects
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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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