Optimal pricing and advertising in a durable-good duopoly |
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Authors: | Anand Krishnamoorthy Ashutosh Prasad Suresh P Sethi |
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Institution: | aCollege of Business Administration, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando, FL 32816-1400, United States;bSchool of Management, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, United States |
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Abstract: | This paper analyzes dynamic advertising and pricing policies in a durable-good duopoly. The proposed infinite-horizon model, while general enough to capture dynamic price and advertising interactions in a competitive setting, also permits closed-form solutions. We use differential game theory to analyze two different demand specifications – linear demand and isoelastic demand – for symmetric and asymmetric competitors. We find that the optimal price is constant and does not vary with cumulative sales, while the optimal advertising is decreasing with cumulative sales. Comparative statics for the results are presented. |
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Keywords: | Control Dynamic programming Game theory Marketing Differential games |
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