Topic: Pricing
How People Gather Information — or Don’t — to Make Decisions
Personal beliefs, especially among the less educated, often outweigh actual data
How to Make Sustainable Products More Appealing to Consumers
Magali Delmas proposes a “green bundle,” combining environmental good with product traits — quality, healthiness, performance, status — that have always sold
How Uber Could Avoid That Notorious $362.57 Fare
A mathematical model analyzes incentives underlying surge-pricing schemes
Keynes vs. FDR: Lessons from the Great Recession
Sebastian Edwards finds Keynes’ public take-down of Roosevelt’s gold policies still relevant today
Measuring the Impact of Currency Moves on Consumer Prices
It varies across goods and services and can be blunted by monetary policy
Monetizing TV Content: What Binge Watchers Will and Won’t Do
Fandom doesn’t mean blindly following a franchise wherever it ventures or being a vocal cheerleader
Mortgage Prepayments: Factors beyond Interest Rate Movements
A model estimates the impact of economic variables on the pricing of prepayment risk
Not All Disruption Is Welcome: Reducing Fallout from Ride-Share Companies
Municipalities address increased traffic, pollution, taxi company bankruptcies and driver poverty
Offering Free Upgrades Early to Manage Inventory and Boost Profit
Waiting until one product model runs out can be a costly mistake
Online Coupons Work in the Moment but Don’t Seem to Alter the Seller-Shopper Relationship
Studying 1 million Alibaba users, Hengchen Dai mostly confirms the transactional nature of internet retailing
Opaque Pricing: How Sellers Can Gather Data and Boost Revenue
Websites peddle unnamed hotels and even cities; would you pay to omit one from the list?
Orphan Drugs: An Expert Pricing Panel Could Bring Benefits
The goal is continued development of new drugs and reduction of often shocking prices
Philadelphia’s Soda Tax Is Nearly Perfect for Maximizing Revenue
It’s less successful at curbing consumption so buyers shop outside the city
Pricing Algorithms Are Widely Used. Are They Legal?
A review of research comes as AI promises to turbocharge the tools and regulators allege they promote price-fixing
Quality and Price: National Pharmacy Chains Benefit Consumers in India
Independent drug stores improve to meet the competition
Quantitative Easing Kept the Foreclosure Crisis from Being Even Worse
The Fed’s gambit didn’t trigger a home-price recovery, but research shows it reduced subprime foreclosure risk