The micro-foundations of intertemporal price discrimination

Winston Koh

Economic Theory, 2006, vol. 27, issue 2, 393-410

Abstract: This paper investigates the optimality of intertemporal price discrimination for a durable-good monopoly in a model where infinitely-lived households face an intertemporal budget constraint, and consume both durable goods and non-durable goods. We prove that the optimal price of the durable good is not constant, and may decrease or increase over time. Some households may choose to purchase the durable good at a later date, and pay lower or higher prices, since the gain in discounted utility of consuming more of the non-durable good more than compensates for the loss in utility from delaying the consumption of the durable good. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg 2006

Keywords: Intertemporal price discrimination; Durable good monopoly; Optimal pricing strategy; Household demand. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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