Supplier Surfing: Competition and Consumer Behavior in Subscription Markets

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Price Discrimination and Competition (2007, background): “Taylor (2003) makes this point (among others) by noting that in a model with three firms over two periods, both outside firms perfectly compete over prices in the second period, leading to zero profits from switching consumers, pj2k = c for k (= j .45 43 Note that the computations for the…”
Price Discrimination and Imperfect Competition (2003, background): “Taylor (2003) makes this point (among others) by noting that with three firms in a two-period model, both outside firms perfectly compete over prices in the second period, leading to zero profits from switching consumers, p j 2k = c for k = j. 33 At such prices, the inside firm will retain its…”
Consumer Inertia and Firm Pricing in the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Insurance Exchange (2012, unknown): “If firms were instead allowed to charge “introductory prices” for first-time enrollees, they would choose to do so (see Taylor 2003).”
Competitive One-to-One Promotions (2002, background): “The view that one-to-one promotions (and other forms of customized pricing) ultimately benefit firms by allowing them to generate incremental sales without sacrificing on the profit margins they receive from their loyal customers has been challenged in several recent game-theoretic articles (Shaffer”