Browsing Working Papers by Author "PAGLIERO, Mario"

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    Title: Frictional Matching: Evidence from Law School Admission  Author(s): COURTY, Pascal; PAGLIERO, Mario Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We measure friction in the matching of students and law schools as the number of unnecessary student applications and school admissions that have to be undertaken per actual matriculation. We show that friction increases ...
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    Title: Price Discrimination in the Concert Industry  Author(s): COURTY, Pascal; PAGLIERO, Mario Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Concert tickets can either be sold at a single price or at different prices to reflect the various levels of seating categories available. Here we consider how two product characteristics (the artist’s age and venue capacity) ...
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    Title: The Impact of Price Discrimination on Revenue: Evidence from the Concert Industry  Author(s): COURTY, Pascal; PAGLIERO, Mario Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Concert tickets can either be sold at a single price or at multiple prices corresponding to different seating categories. We study the relationship between price discrimination and revenue by examining variations in the ...
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    Title: Does Responsive Pricing Smooth Demand Shocks?  Author(s): COURTY, Pascal; PAGLIERO, Mario Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Using data from a unique pricing experiment, we investigate Vickrey’s conjecture that responsive pricing can be used to smooth both predictable and unpredictable demand shocks. Our evidence shows that increasing the ...
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    Title: Price Variation Antagonism and Firm Pricing Policies  Author(s): COURTY, Pascal; PAGLIERO, Mario Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Pricing schemes that vary prices in response to demand shocks may antagonize consumers and reduce demand. At the same time, consumers may take advantage of the opportunities offered by price changes. Overall, the net impact ...
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    Title: Do Consumers Care about How Prices Are Set?  Author(s): COURTY, Pascal; PAGLIERO, Mario Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Using a survey approach, we ask consumers to reveal their preferences over pricing schemes that may differ in terms of the average price of consumption, the amount of price variation, and the probability of being rationed. ...
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    Title: Price Variation Antagonism and Firm Pricing Policies  Author(s): COURTY, Pascal; PAGLIERO, Mario Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Survey evidence suggests firms do not use pricing policies that vary prices in response to demand changes because they fear that such practices would antagonize consumers. We investigate this hypothesis using a dataset ...
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    Title: Does Responsive Pricing Increase Efficiency? Evidence from pricing experiments in an internet café  Author(s): COURTY, Pascal; PAGLIERO, Mario Date: 2003 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: Discussion Paper
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    Title: Responsive Pricing  Author(s): COURTY, Pascal; PAGLIERO, Mario Date: 2003 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: Discussion Pape