Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsArtificial Shortages and Strategic PricingMouataz Zreika, Partha GangopadhyayProblem statement: We consider a monopolist who manipulates the market by artificially creating shortages that result in an increase in current price that, in turn, boosts demand for the product in subsequent periods. The approach is to develop an intertemporal model of pricing strategy for a monopolist. Approach: The postulated pricing strategy creates an incentive for producers to reduce current … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 8, Issue 1 · 16 Feb 2012 · 7,249 accessesView PDFCite