Redistribution Through Market Segmentation

V Augias, DMA Barreto, A Ghersengorin - Proceedings of the 25th ACM …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Firms and platforms now routinely use online consumer data to offer customized prices,
products, or advertising. This surge in data-driven market segmentation has sparked …

Market Segmentation, Information Sale, and Information Foreclosure

E Tarantino, S Terstiege, A Vigier - Information Sale, and …, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
We study the sale of consumer data allowing firms to engage in discriminatory pricing. We
first consider the case in which information is sold by an independent data intermediary, and …

[PDF][PDF] Pricing and Consumer Surplus in Monopoly with Product Design

K Kim, N Kos - 2024 - didattica.unibocconi.it
The model considers a monopolist who optimally chooses the design and price of a product
on the Hotelling line. We characterize the set of prices and consumer surplus that can arise …