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Minimum Advertised-Price Policy Rules and Retailer Behavior: An Experiment by Hewlett-Packard

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  • Gary Charness

    (Department of Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106)

  • Kay-Yut Chen

    (Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, P.O. Box 10301, Palo Alto, California 94303-0890)

Abstract

We tested the effects of various policy rules on retailer behavior in laboratory experiments conducted at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories. Our experimental design models the multifaceted contemporary market for consumer computer products and is quite complex, but we found that participants can make effective decisions and that their behavior is sensitive to variations in policies. Based on our results, Hewlett-Packard changed its policies; for example, it made the consequences for violations forward looking as well as backward looking. This line of research appears promising for complex industrial environments.

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  • Gary Charness & Kay-Yut Chen, 2002. "Minimum Advertised-Price Policy Rules and Retailer Behavior: An Experiment by Hewlett-Packard," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 32(5), pages 62-73, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:32:y:2002:i:5:p:62-73
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.32.5.62.31
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