A Survey of the Empirical Evidence on PWYW Pricing
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- Matthias Greiff & Henrik Egbert, 2016. "A Survey of the Empirical Evidence on PWYW Pricing," MAGKS Papers on Economics 201605, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung).
- Greiff, Matthias & Egbert, Henrik, 2016. "A Survey of the Empirical Evidence on PWYW Pricing," MPRA Paper 68693, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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Pay-What-You-Want; PWYW; pricing mechanism; survey; empirical studies;All these keywords.
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- C90 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - General
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- D49 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Other
- M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics
- M30 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - General
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