Pricing and monetization · Empirical discrete-choice/market-data analysis of product-line demand and pricing.
Consumer Preferences and Product-Line Pricing Strategies: An Empirical Analysis
A. K. Ghosh, S. P. McAfee, P. K. Kannan (2006). Consumer Preferences and Product-Line Pricing Strategies: An Empirical Analysis. Marketing Science. https://doi.org/10.1287/mksc.1050.0126
Plain-English take
Heterogeneous preferences and substitution patterns materially affect optimal line design and prices; single-product pricing rules can be misleading.
How much weight to give this
2/5 Observational or survey evidence; interpret as association
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Empirical discrete-choice/market-data analysis of product-line demand and pricing.
Consumers choosing among differentiated products within a product line.
Comparison details need confirmation in the full paper.
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Double-blind? Blinding was not established from the publisher page; this is not evidence that blinding was or was not used.
Research question
What the authors investigated
Consumer Preferences and Product-Line Pricing Strategies: An Empirical Analysis?
Design
Empirical discrete-choice/market-data analysis of product-line demand and pricing.
Sample and setting
Consumers choosing among differentiated products within a product line.
Reported result
What the study found
Heterogeneous preferences and substitution patterns materially affect optimal line design and prices; single-product pricing rules can be misleading.
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Scope and transfer
Limitations to keep in view
Demand estimates rely on observed choices and specified utility assumptions, and the category/market may not represent all product lines. The accessible publisher page was used for this listing; correction history was not independently checked.
Possible founder application
Use as a bounded example of consumer preferences and product-line pricing strategies: an empirical analysis; compare its context and design with your own market before applying its result.
Evidence access
Publisher article page; full-text availability varies and was not established in this review.
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