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Pay-What-You-Want pricing schemes: A self-image perspective

Författare

  • Goytom Abraha Kahsay
  • Margaret Samahita

Summary, in English

Pay-What-You-Want (PWYW) pricing schemes are becoming increasingly popular. We develop a model incorporating self-image into the buyer’s utility function and introduce heterogeneity in consumption utility and image-sensitivity, generating different purchase decisions and optimal prices across individuals. When a good’s fixed price is lower than a threshold fair value, PWYW can lead to a lower utility. This may result in a lower purchase rate and higher average price, accounting for previously unexplained field experimental evidence. An increase in the threshold value decreases the buyer’s utility and may further lower the purchase rate, resulting in a further increase in purchase price.

Publiceringsår

2015

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

17-28

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance

Volym

7

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Elsevier

Ämne

  • Economics

Nyckelord

  • Pay-What-You-Want
  • Self-image
  • Fairness
  • Voluntary contribution

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 2214-6350