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Why quantity premia are rare?

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  • Kokovin, Sergey
  • Nahata, Babu
  • Zhelobodko, Evgeny

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Using linear demands for two types of consumers, this note shows why discounts are ubiquitous and premia are rare. By observing premia, one can infer that the package sold at premium is undistorted and the single-crossing condition must hold.

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  • Kokovin, Sergey & Nahata, Babu & Zhelobodko, Evgeny, 2008. "Why quantity premia are rare?," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 100(1), pages 153-156, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:100:y:2008:i:1:p:153-156
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