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Northwestern Experiments with Dutch Auction Ticket Pricing
By
Paul Steinbach,
May 2013
In Holland, the price of flowers starts high and drops the longer it takes to sell them. It's been that way for more than a century. But not until this year did that sales approach inspire Northwestern University economists and, in turn, athletics administrators, who believe their suburban Chicago institution is the first in this country to use a Dutch auction to price and sell game tickets. ...
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Dynamic Pricing Pinpoints Market Value of Tickets
By
Paul Steinbach,
September 2012
Russ Stanley's phone was ringing off the hook. It was Aug. 7, 2007, and calls were pouring into the San Francisco Giants' ticket office hours before Barry Bonds was to take the field for a Tuesday night game against the Washington Nationals.
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