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Attention Arousal Through Price Partitioning
Existing evidence suggests that preferences are affected by whether a price is presented as one all-inclusive expense or partitioned into a set of mandatory charges. To explain this phenomenon, we introduce a new mechanism whereby price partitioning affects a consumers... View Details
- 1999
- Chapter
The Pricing of US Catastrophe Reinsurance
By: K. Froot and P. O'Connell
Keywords: Financial Markets; Catastrophe Risk; Corporate Finance; Cost Of Capital; Banking And Insurance; Asset Pricing; Hedging; Banking; Insurance; Natural Disasters; Policy; Risk Management; Insurance Industry; United States
Froot, K., and P. O'Connell. "The Pricing of US Catastrophe Reinsurance." In The Financing of Catastrophe Risk, edited by Kenneth A. Froot, 195–232. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. (Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 6043, May 1997, and HBS Working Paper No. 98-018, September 1997.)
- 27 Oct 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Stock Price Fragility
Keywords: by Robin Greenwood & David Thesmar
- 1998
- Article
Alternative Models of Uncertain Commodity Prices for Use with Modern Asset Pricing Methods
By: Malcolm Baker, E. S. Mayfield and John Parsons
This paper provides an introduction to alternative models of uncertain commodity prices. A model of commodity price movements is the engine around which any valuation methodology for commodity production projects is built, whether discounted cash flow (DCF) models or... View Details
Keywords: Asset Pricing; Goods and Commodities; Price; Risk and Uncertainty; Valuation; Production; Projects; Cash Flow
Baker, Malcolm, E. S. Mayfield, and John Parsons. "Alternative Models of Uncertain Commodity Prices for Use with Modern Asset Pricing Methods." Energy Journal 19, no. 1 (1998): 115–148.
- March 1982 (Revised April 1982)
- Case
Hertz Corp.: Guaranteed Pricing
The Hertz Corp., a $1.3 billion subsidiary of RCA, has instituted a "no mileage charge, ever" price program in response to competitive pressures. Pro forma revenue and profit projections, however, show the firm to be even further away from its corporate plan than... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Corporate Strategy; Product Marketing; Transportation Industry; Service Industry
Bonoma, Thomas V. "Hertz Corp.: Guaranteed Pricing." Harvard Business School Case 582-126, March 1982. (Revised April 1982.)
- 2019
- Book
Chicago Price Theory
By: Sonia Jaffe, Robert Minton, Casey B. Mulligan and Kevin M. Murphy
Jaffe, Sonia, Robert Minton, Casey B. Mulligan, and Kevin M. Murphy. Chicago Price Theory. Princeton , NJ: Princeton University Press, 2019.
- February 1991 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
Spatial Pricing Rules
Brandenburger, Adam M., and Vijay Krishna. "Spatial Pricing Rules." Harvard Business School Case 191-129, February 1991. (Revised April 1995.)
- Forthcoming
- Article
Institutional Corporate Bond Pricing
By: Lorenzo Bretscher, Lukas Schmid, Ishita Sen and Varun Sharma
We propose an equilibrium corporate bond pricing model that accommodates the heterogeneity in institutional investors' preferences and mandates in an empirically tractable way. Our model, estimated on rich holdings data, quantifies investors' preferences and demand... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Bonds; Demand Systems; Insurance Companies; Mutual Funds; Liquidity; Bonds; Price; Investment Funds
Bretscher, Lorenzo, Lukas Schmid, Ishita Sen, and Varun Sharma. "Institutional Corporate Bond Pricing." Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming).
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Catherine Kuehn Price (MBA 1986) and Malcolm Price (MBA 1987)
Catherine Kuehn Price (MBA 1986) and Malcolm Price (MBA 1987) Cathy Kuehn Price and Malcolm Price cite two primary reasons for supporting HBS:... View Details
- Article
Regulating Hospital Prices Based on Market Concentration Is Likely to Leave High-Price Hospitals Unaffected
By: Maximilian J. Pany, Michael E. Chernew and Leemore S. Dafny
Concern about high hospital prices for commercially insured patients has motivated several proposals to regulate these prices. Such proposals often limit regulations to highly concentrated hospital markets. Using a large sample of 2017 US commercial insurance claims,... View Details
Keywords: Health Care Providers; Hospitals; Insurance Market Regulation; Price Regulation; Markets; Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Quality; Insurance; Price; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Pany, Maximilian J., Michael E. Chernew, and Leemore S. Dafny. "Regulating Hospital Prices Based on Market Concentration Is Likely to Leave High-Price Hospitals Unaffected." Health Affairs 40, no. 9 (September 2021): 1386–1394.
- February 2000 (Revised August 2000)
- Case
Priceline.com: Name Your Own Price
By: Robert J. Dolan
Priceline.com is a new concept shifting the setting of price from sellers to buyers. The company aspires to use its patented process of advertising units of demand at named prices to suppliers in many categories. This case focuses on its initial use in the airline... View Details
Keywords: Price; Internet and the Web; Marketing; Emerging Markets; Consumer Products Industry; Travel Industry; United States
Dolan, Robert J. "Priceline.com: Name Your Own Price." Harvard Business School Case 500-070, February 2000. (Revised August 2000.)
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Float Manipulation and Stock Prices
- June 2005 (Revised October 2007)
- Teaching Note
Price Formation (TN)
By: Joshua D. Coval and Erik Stafford
Teaching Note to (2-205-076) and (2-205-077). View Details
Keywords: Price
- April 1998
- Article
Strategic Transfer Pricing
By: S. Datar and M. G. Alles
Datar, S., and M. G. Alles. "Strategic Transfer Pricing." Management Science 44, no. 4 (April 1998): pp. 451–461.
- July 2005
- Article
Price Improvement in Dealership Markets
By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Price improvement refers to the practice whereby dealers order executions that improve on quoted prices. Why are these improvements given? Standard thinking is that competition causes dealers to give better prices to customers with less information. This paper... View Details
Keywords: Price; Markets; Competition; Information; Customers; Negotiation; Mission and Purpose; Practice; Theory; Performance Improvement; Bids and Bidding; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew. "Price Improvement in Dealership Markets." Journal of Business 78, no. 4 (July 2005): 1137–1172.
- Research Summary
Do Prices Determine Vertical Integration?*
By: Laura Alfaro
What is the relationship between product prices and vertical integration? While the literature has focused on how integration affects prices, this paper provides evidence that prices can affect integration. Many theories in organizational economics and industrial... View Details
- 2008
- Simulation
Pricing Simulation: Universal Car Rental
This web-based simulation presents an engaging context in which students develop their knowledge of pricing by managing a rental car operation (Universal) in Florida and improve regional performance by developing a pricing strategy. The simulation involves three... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Consumer Behavior; Price; Profit; Renting or Rental; Auto Industry; Service Industry; Miami; Orlando; Tampa
- Forthcoming
- Article
Passive Ownership and Price Informativeness
By: Marco Sammon
I show that passive ownership negatively affects the degree to which stock prices anticipate earnings announcements. Estimates across several research designs imply that the rise in passive ownership over the last 30 years has caused the amount of information... View Details
Keywords: Passive Ownership; ETFs; Market Efficiency; Price; Investment Funds; Stocks; Communication
Sammon, Marco. "Passive Ownership and Price Informativeness." Management Science (forthcoming). (Pre-published online September 17, 2024.)
- Article
Collusive Price Leadership
By: J. J. Rotemberg and Garth Saloner
Rotemberg, J. J., and Garth Saloner. "Collusive Price Leadership." Journal of Industrial Economics 39, no. 1 (September 1990): 93–110.
- September 1979 (Revised January 1980)
- Case
Egg Pricing Problem
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Egg Pricing Problem." Harvard Business School Case 580-022, September 1979. (Revised January 1980.)