Topic: Pricing
A Renter and Property Owner Meet on Airbnb: Will They Ditch the Site?
The risk for matching platforms is affected by levels of fees and what’s disclosed about buyer and seller
A Proposal to Improve Surge Pricing
Reduce fares in adjacent areas to draw more drivers to where demand is high
A More Efficient Way to Help Utilities Share the Inconvenience of Power Outages
This model could enable power companies to lower the cost of peak electricity
A Common Marketing Nudge Can Foster Consumer Distrust
Placing an inferior ‘decoy’ option in a menu of choices can trigger people to take their business elsewhere
$52.6 Billion: Extra Cost to Consumers of Add-On Drug Patents
The figure is a subset, not covering huge expense of extended patents on high-priced biologics like Humira
What Investors Infer From External News And Management Silence
Uncertainty about outside news alters company disclosures and how markets interpret them, study finds
Proposed: Give Consumers on Amazon a Direct Line to Small Business Products
Third-party sellers would gain; consumers might pay more but increase control of products display
Migration — and Home Price Escalation — Happens Along Established Routes
Major cities reliably feed residents to the same smaller markets, and housing booms predictably travel with them
How Oil Prices Distort Our View of Inflation
A favored Federal Reserve index fails to filter out petroleum’s impact