Mixing Goods with Two-Part Tariffs
24 Pages Posted: 3 Oct 2006
Date Written: August 2006
Abstract
We consider a market where consumers mix content offered by different firms. We show how tariff structures have an impact on firms' profits and efficiency. As compared to pure linear pricing, when firms charge two-part tariffs they make higher profits, while consumers are worse off and the allocation is not first-best since too little mixing occurs. Flat subscription fees make mixing unattractive and are Pareto-dominated by all the other types of tariffs.
Keywords: Two-part tariffs, flat fees, combinable products, pay-per-view
JEL Classification: L13, L82
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Hoernig, Steffen and Valletti, Tommaso M., Mixing Goods with Two-Part Tariffs (August 2006). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=934533 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.934533
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