American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

Advanced
  • Previous Article
    Two bounds for integrating the virtual dynamic cellular manufacturing problem into supply chain management
  • JIMO Home
  • This Issue
  • Next Article
    An augmented Lagrangian-based parallel splitting method for a one-leader-two-follower game
July  2016, 12(3): 891-905. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2016.12.891

Advance selling decisions with overconfident consumers

Ying Li 1, , Miyuan Shan 1, and  Michael Z.F. Li 2,

1. 

College of Business Administration, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China, China
2. 

Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore

Received  August 2014 Revised  April 2015 Published  September 2015

Consumers may overestimate the precisions of their valuation predictions. In this paper, we propose a decision model of this overconfidence in valuation and analyze a retailer's advance selling strategy in a two-period setting. The presence of overconfident consumers yields new insights in the retailer's selling strategy. We find that advance selling strategy is not always beneficial to the retailer. The retailer should practice advance selling when the difference of the regular consumers' expected valuation and expected surplus when not buying in advance is no less than a certain threshold. This threshold is weakly decreasing in overconfidence level given the same risk aversion degree, strictly decreasing in consumers' risk aversion degree if overconfidence level is high, and strictly increasing otherwise. When consumers become either more overconfident or risk averse with a high overconfidence level, the retailer becomes more likely to sell in both periods. We also show that, the retailer will set a higher price in the advance selling period in the market with overconfident consumers than that without overconfident consumers when selling in both periods.
Keywords: consumer valuation, pricing, risk aversion., overconfidence, Advance selling.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 90B50, 91B06; Secondary: 91B4.
Citation: Ying Li, Miyuan Shan, Michael Z.F. Li. Advance selling decisions with overconfident consumers. Journal of Industrial & Management Optimization, 2016, 12 (3) : 891-905. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2016.12.891
References:
[1]

O. Bar-Gill and R. Stone, Pricing misperceptions: Explaining pricing structure in the cell phone service market,, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 9 (2012), 430.  doi: 10.1111/j.1740-1461.2012.01258.x.  Google Scholar

[2]

W. L. Cooper, T. Homem-de-Mello and A. J. Kleywegt, Models of the spiral-down effect in revenue management,, Operations Research, 54 (2006), 968.  doi: 10.1287/opre.1060.0304.  Google Scholar

[3]

W. L. Cooper and L. Li, On the use of buy up as a model of customer choice in revenue management,, Production and Operations Management, 21 (2012), 833.  doi: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2012.01352.x.  Google Scholar

[4]

D. C. Croson, R. Croson and Y. Ren, How to manage an overconfident newsvendor,, 2008. Available from: , (5462).   Google Scholar

[5]

F. Gino and G. Pisano, Toward a theory of behavioral operations,, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 10 (2008), 676.  doi: 10.1287/msom.1070.0205.  Google Scholar

[6]

M. D. Grubb, Selling to overconfident consumers,, American Economic Review, 99 (2009), 1770.   Google Scholar

[7]

U. Malmendier and G. Tate, CEO overconfidence and corporate investment,, The Journal of Finance, 60 (2005), 2661.  doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2005.00813.x.  Google Scholar

[8]

D. A. Moore and P. J. Healy, The trouble with overconfidence,, Psychological Review, 115 (2008), 502.  doi: 10.1037/0033-295X.115.2.502.  Google Scholar

[9]

Ö. Özer and Y. Zheng, Behavioral Issues in Pricing Management,, in The Oxford Handbook of Pricing Management (eds. Ö. Özer and R. Phillips), (2011).   Google Scholar

[10]

I. Popescu and Y. Wu, Dynamic pricing strategies with reference effects,, Operations Research, 55 (2007), 413.  doi: 10.1287/opre.1070.0393.  Google Scholar

[11]

A. Prasad, K. E. Stecke and X. Zhao, Advance selling by a newsvendor retailer,, Production and Operations Management, 20 (2011), 129.   Google Scholar

[12]

Y. Ren, Biased Decisions: Three Essays on Decision Making,, Ph.D thesis, (2010).   Google Scholar

[13]

Y. Ren and R. Croson, Overconfidence in newsvendor orders: An experimental study,, Management Science, 59 (2013), 2502.  doi: 10.1287/mnsc.2013.1715.  Google Scholar

[14]

E. Van den Steen, Overconfidence by Bayesian-rational agents,, Management Science, 57 (2011), 884.   Google Scholar

[15]

S. D. Vigna and U. Malmendier, Contract design and self-control: Theory and evidence,, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, CXIX (2004), 353.   Google Scholar

[16]

J. Xie and S. M. Shugan, Electronic tickets, smart cards, and online prepayments: When and how to advance sell,, Marketing Science, 20 (2001), 219.  doi: 10.1287/mksc.20.3.219.9765.  Google Scholar

[17]

M. Yu, R. Kapuscinski and H. Ahn, Advance selling with interdependent customer valuations,, 2011. Available from: , ().   Google Scholar

[18]

T. R. Zenger, Why do employers only reward extreme performance? Examining the relationships among performance, pay, and turnover,, Administrative Science Quarterly, 37 (1992), 198.  doi: 10.2307/2393221.  Google Scholar

[19]

X. Zhao and K. E. Stecke, Pre-orders for new to-be-released products considering consumer loss aversion,, Production and Operations Management, 19 (2010), 198.  doi: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2009.01092.x.  Google Scholar

show all references

References:
[1]

O. Bar-Gill and R. Stone, Pricing misperceptions: Explaining pricing structure in the cell phone service market,, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 9 (2012), 430.  doi: 10.1111/j.1740-1461.2012.01258.x.  Google Scholar

[2]

W. L. Cooper, T. Homem-de-Mello and A. J. Kleywegt, Models of the spiral-down effect in revenue management,, Operations Research, 54 (2006), 968.  doi: 10.1287/opre.1060.0304.  Google Scholar

[3]

W. L. Cooper and L. Li, On the use of buy up as a model of customer choice in revenue management,, Production and Operations Management, 21 (2012), 833.  doi: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2012.01352.x.  Google Scholar

[4]

D. C. Croson, R. Croson and Y. Ren, How to manage an overconfident newsvendor,, 2008. Available from: , (5462).   Google Scholar

[5]

F. Gino and G. Pisano, Toward a theory of behavioral operations,, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 10 (2008), 676.  doi: 10.1287/msom.1070.0205.  Google Scholar

[6]

M. D. Grubb, Selling to overconfident consumers,, American Economic Review, 99 (2009), 1770.   Google Scholar

[7]

U. Malmendier and G. Tate, CEO overconfidence and corporate investment,, The Journal of Finance, 60 (2005), 2661.  doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2005.00813.x.  Google Scholar

[8]

D. A. Moore and P. J. Healy, The trouble with overconfidence,, Psychological Review, 115 (2008), 502.  doi: 10.1037/0033-295X.115.2.502.  Google Scholar

[9]

Ö. Özer and Y. Zheng, Behavioral Issues in Pricing Management,, in The Oxford Handbook of Pricing Management (eds. Ö. Özer and R. Phillips), (2011).   Google Scholar

[10]

I. Popescu and Y. Wu, Dynamic pricing strategies with reference effects,, Operations Research, 55 (2007), 413.  doi: 10.1287/opre.1070.0393.  Google Scholar

[11]

A. Prasad, K. E. Stecke and X. Zhao, Advance selling by a newsvendor retailer,, Production and Operations Management, 20 (2011), 129.   Google Scholar

[12]

Y. Ren, Biased Decisions: Three Essays on Decision Making,, Ph.D thesis, (2010).   Google Scholar

[13]

Y. Ren and R. Croson, Overconfidence in newsvendor orders: An experimental study,, Management Science, 59 (2013), 2502.  doi: 10.1287/mnsc.2013.1715.  Google Scholar

[14]

E. Van den Steen, Overconfidence by Bayesian-rational agents,, Management Science, 57 (2011), 884.   Google Scholar

[15]

S. D. Vigna and U. Malmendier, Contract design and self-control: Theory and evidence,, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, CXIX (2004), 353.   Google Scholar

[16]

J. Xie and S. M. Shugan, Electronic tickets, smart cards, and online prepayments: When and how to advance sell,, Marketing Science, 20 (2001), 219.  doi: 10.1287/mksc.20.3.219.9765.  Google Scholar

[17]

M. Yu, R. Kapuscinski and H. Ahn, Advance selling with interdependent customer valuations,, 2011. Available from: , ().   Google Scholar

[18]

T. R. Zenger, Why do employers only reward extreme performance? Examining the relationships among performance, pay, and turnover,, Administrative Science Quarterly, 37 (1992), 198.  doi: 10.2307/2393221.  Google Scholar

[19]

X. Zhao and K. E. Stecke, Pre-orders for new to-be-released products considering consumer loss aversion,, Production and Operations Management, 19 (2010), 198.  doi: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2009.01092.x.  Google Scholar

2019 Impact Factor: 1.366

Tools

Metrics

  • PDF downloads (100)
  • HTML views (0)
  • Cited by (5)

Other articles
by authors

[Back to Top]

Copyright © 2021 American Institute of Mathematical Sciences