Results of Sesssion 2: Results
of Competing Standards Experiment
(Note that we did not run Session 3, so you don't need to do
questions 12-14 of the homework.)
The Buyer Value to a user depends on the number of people using
the same system in the following way.
Number of Sales
|
Buyer Value to Users
|
1-3
|
$!0
|
4-6
|
$20
|
7-9
|
$30
|
10-12
|
$40
|
13-15
|
$50
|
16-18
|
$60
|
Here is a record of Firm A's Accounts in Session 2.
Round
|
Units Sold
|
Highest Price
|
Lowest Price
|
Total Revenue
|
1
|
10
|
$5
|
$2
|
$29
|
2
|
9
|
$14.99
|
$14.99
|
$135
|
3
|
13
|
$14.99
|
0
|
$135
|
4
|
16
|
$14.99
|
0
|
$194
|
Firm A charged $14.99 to those who had bought from him previously and
$0 to new customers.
Here is Firm B's Record of Accounts in Session 2. (Firm B was
forced into bankruptcy after Round 4.)
Round
|
Units Sold
|
Highest Price
|
Lowest Price
|
Total Revenue
|
1
|
6
|
$5
|
$3
|
$24
|
2
|
7
|
$7
|
$4
|
$34
|
3
|
5 |
$10
|
$8
|
$47
|
4
|
2
|
12
|
$-5
|
$7
|
Here is Firm C's
Record of Accounts in Session 2. (Firm C was forced into
bankruptcy after
Round 2.)
Round
|
Units Sold
|
Highest Price
|
Lowest Price
|
Total Revenue
|
1
|
2
|
$4.99
|
$4.99
|
$9.98
|
2
|
2
|
$3
|
$3
|
$6
|
3*
|
0
|
$0
|
$0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|