Adaptive learning models of consumer behavior
Abstract: In a model of dynamic duopoly, optimal price policies are characterized assuming consumers learn adaptively about the relative quality of the two products. A contrast is made between belief-based and reinforcement learning. Under reinforcement learning, consumers can become locked into the habit of purchasing inferior goods. Such lock-in permits the existence of multiple history-dependent asymmetric steady states in which one firm dominates. In contrast, belief-based learning rules must lead asymptotically to correct beliefs about the relative quality of the two brands and so in this case there is a unique steady state
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Postprint
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization ; 64 (2007) 3-4 ; 348-368
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Wirtschaft
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Mannheim
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2007
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Hopkins, Ed
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10.1016/j.jebo.2006.02.010
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-199499
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Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Beteiligte
- Hopkins, Ed
Entstanden
- 2007