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JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
Volume 114, Issue 4, Pages 713-743Publisher
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/506923
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We develop a dynamic model of experience goods pricing with independent private valuations. We show that the optimal paths of sales and prices can be described in terms of a simple dichotomy. In a mass market, prices are declining over time. In a niche market, the optimal prices are initially low followed by higher prices that extract surplus from the buyers with a high willingness to pay. We consider extensions of the model to integrate elements of social rather than private learning and turnover among buyers.
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