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Summary

Iencouragetheeditortorequestarevisionfromtheauthor.

Thepaper’sintuitionisrelativelystraight-forward.Thefirmhastwoperiodsofdemandrealization

–nningandregular,andithastochooseitscapacitybeforetheregularperiod.Inthenning

period,thefirmcanofferadiscounttothoseconsumerswhodonotmindhavingtheirorder

postponed,potentiallypasttheregularperiod.Duetothispostponement,thefirmcanhaves

safetycapacityfortheregularperiod,ineffectutilizingcapacitymoreefficiently.Atthispoint,

theproblembecomesastandardbalancingofmarginalbenefitofssafetycapacityversusthe

marginalcostofapricediscountandthusalowermargin,similartothenewsboyproblem.

Theproblemisinteresting,anddefinitelyhasvaluablemanagerialimplications.BelowIoutline

severalwaysinwhichthepapercan(andforsomeofthemshould)beimproved.

MajorSuggestions

1)tercomparisonwiththeliterature.Inparticular,inthecomparisonwiththeshiftingpeak

tooff-peakliterature,theauthormakesapointofnothavingacapacityconstraintinhis

model.However,whilethereisnohardconstraint,thereisasoftconstraintsincethe

capacityisnotfree.Theauthorshoulddiscusswhichkeycomparativestaticresultsarenot

inthecitedpapers,orcouldnotbeachievedbysimplyextendingthelogicofthecited

papers.Inparticular,theshiftingpeakdemandliterature,MoinzadehandIngene,Dinget.

al,andIyeret.al.

2)Itwouldbehelpfuliftheauthorcouldprovidesomemorecomparativestatics