nep-mkt New Economics Papers
on Marketing
Issue of 2010‒11‒27
five papers chosen by
Joao Carlos Correia Leitao
University of Beira Interior and Technical University of Lisbon
  1. Sales, Quantity Surcharge, and Consumer Inattention By Sofronis Clerides; Pascal Courty
  2. Bundling revisited: substitute products and inter-firm discounts By Armstrong, Mark
  3. Consumer Models of Store Price Perceptions and Store Choices. By Lourenco, C.J.
  4. Mediating effects of broadband consumers’ behavior in India By G, Thiagarajan; Nakkeeran, Senthilkumar; Arockiasamy, Arulraj
  5. Pricing of bank ATMs in India: Theory & evidence By Panda, Sitakanta
  1. By: Sofronis Clerides (University of Cyprus; CEPR; RCEA); Pascal Courty (University of Victoria; CEPR)
    Abstract: Quantity surcharges occur when firms market a product in two sizes and offer a promotion on the small size: the large size then costs more per unit than the small one. When quantity surcharges occur the sales of the large size decrease only slightly despite the fact that the small size is a cheaper option - a clear arbitrage opportunity. This behavior is consistent with the notion of rationally inattentive consumers that has been developed in models of information frictions. We discuss implications for consumer decision making, demand estimation, and firm pricing.
    Keywords: quantity surcharge, sales, promotions, consumer inattention, quantity discounts, nonlinear pricing
    JEL: L12 L13 D4
    Date: 2010–01
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:rim:rimwps:32_10&r=mkt
  2. By: Armstrong, Mark
    Abstract: This paper extends the standard model of bundling to allow products to be substitutes and for products to be supplied by separate sellers. Whether integrated or separate, firms have an incentive to introduce bundling discounts when demand for the bundle is elastic relative to demand for stand-alone products. Separate firms often have a unilateral incentive to offer inter-firm bundle discounts, although this depends on the detailed form of substitutability. Bundle discounts mitigate the innate substitutability of products, which can relax competition between firms and induce an integrated firm to lower all of its prices when it follows a bundling strategy.
    Keywords: Price discrimination; bundling; oligopoly; loyalty pricing
    JEL: M31 L42 D43
    Date: 2010–11
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:26782&r=mkt
  3. By: Lourenco, C.J. (Tilburg University)
    Date: 2010
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ner:tilbur:urn:nbn:nl:ui:12-4378355&r=mkt
  4. By: G, Thiagarajan; Nakkeeran, Senthilkumar; Arockiasamy, Arulraj
    Abstract: Internet usage is rapidly growing in areas like cosmopolitan cities, semi-urban cities in India. I-enabled services offered by various government agencies, educational institutions and commercial activities force users of these services to seek superior internet access like broadband, WiMax is likely to replace traditional broadband and dial-up access soon. Interestingly, reforms in telecom sector are taking place at a rapid pace in India. Many private players started internet services affecting monopolistic public sector telecoms. The advent of private ISPs, the consumer behavior and brand choice of broadband consumers are witnessing dynamic shift in favor of private players. Cost competitiveness, transparency, paradigm shift in consumer responsiveness etc weigh in favor of Public Sector telecoms. This paper attempts to identify the factors affecting broadband consumer behavior. Further, paper studies the causes and effects, mediating effects of consumer behavior and conceptualizes a model to capture these effects. The results suggest that adoption of broadband service is playing a mediatory role in consumer satisfaction.
    Keywords: Broadband; Adoption; Normative constructs; mediating
    JEL: M31 M30 M39
    Date: 2010–07–01
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:26840&r=mkt
  5. By: Panda, Sitakanta
    Abstract: We analyze the access pricing policy of bank ATMs in India by developing a model given the existence of interchange fees and absence of own bank ATM usage fee and foreign fees in the Indian context. We find that interchange fees incentivize deployment of ATMs over time and at the profit maximizing interchange fee, banks extract the entire consumer surplus under a system of free usage fees. Banks deploy ATMs not to raise the deposit base, but to generate interchange fee revenues. Consumers prefer to join a bank with large ATM networks to avoid making more foreign withdrawals and this induces banks to expand their ATM networks in a bid to raise their deposit market share. These results are consistent with recent events in India.
    Keywords: Banks; ATMs; interchange fees; regulation.
    JEL: L14 L51 L13 G28 G21
    Date: 2010–11
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:26765&r=mkt
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