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January 22, 2026The RAND Journal of Economics0 citationsOpen Access

Stable Price Dispersion under Heterogeneous Buyer Consideration

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DMDavid P. MyattDRDavid Ronayne

Key Points

  • The research aims to understand how pricing stability emerges in markets with diverse buyer considerations for suppliers.
  • Analyzed pricing of homogeneous products sold to customers with varying supplier considerations.
  • Derived models to identify stable pricing scenarios under specific buyer behavior.
  • Compared findings with conventional pricing theories to highlight discrepancies.
  • Established conditions for price stability in markets with competing suppliers.
  • Identified the existence of price dispersion under diverse buyer considerations.
  • Demonstrated that firms prefer not to alter prices if rivals can introduce special offers.

Abstract

ABSTRACT We study the pricing of homogeneous products sold to customers who consider different sets of suppliers. We identify prices that are stable in the sense that no firm wishes to undercut a rival or to raise its price when rivals are able to respond by offering special deals. We derive stable and dispersed prices across several price‐consideration specifications. We contrast the implications against those of conventional approaches.

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Myatt et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6971be6b642b1836717e30a5https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-2171.70018
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