Author : Krista J. Li
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)
Book Synopsis Behavior-Based Pricing in Marketing Channels by : Krista J. Li
Download or read book Behavior-Based Pricing in Marketing Channels written by Krista J. Li and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With behavior-based pricing (BBP), firms use customers' purchase history data to price discriminate between past customers and new customers. Prior research has examined BBP in a non-channel setting. In this paper, we investigate BBP in a channel setting in which manufacturers sell to customers through exclusive retailers. We examine how channel members' adoption of BBP affects wholesale and retail prices, profits, consumer surplus, and social welfare. We find that BBP decreases channel members' profits when retailers use BBP and manufacturers use uniform pricing. However, BBP increases channel members' profits when both manufacturers and retailers use BBP. In addition, BBP by retailers alone increases consumer surplus, whereas BBP by both manufacturers and retailers decreases consumer surplus. When manufacturers also use BBP, BBP decreases social welfare to a greater degree than when only retailers use BBP. Furthermore, when manufacturers cannot use BBP, their profits are higher with long-term wholesale price contracts. When manufacturers can use BBP, short-term wholesale price contracts yield higher profits for manufacturers and retailers.