Author: Mine Nebahat Özer
Date: January 10, 2026
Course: Topics in Microeconomic Theory
Institution: University of Bonn
Title: Robust Monopoly Pricing
Authors: Dirk Bergemann and Karl Schlag
This paper critically evaluates Bergemann and Schlag's approach to monopoly pricing under demand uncertainty. The evaluation focuses on:
- Maximin utility and minimax regret decision criteria
- Application of game theory to pricing strategies
- Critique of the Prohorov metric choice
- Analysis of epsilon-neighborhood selection issues
- Critical assessment of the theoretical framework
- Analysis of limitations in metric selection
- Discussion of practical implications for parameter choice