The original versions will come out eventually... Pretty much everyone who wants the original versions will be willing to buy the new versions. Then, in a few more years, when Lucas releases the original version on DVD, they'll buy that too. This two-part strategy is profit maximizing. It's very similar to the strategy followed by LOTR.
The problem is that the paper assumes that prices remain unchanged. Currently prices make strategic use of the nickel and the penny, generating prices that end in.99 and.95. Changing the coinage would likely lead to different price-setting practices -- possibly leading away from the "optimum".
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The original versions will come out eventually... Pretty much everyone who wants the original versions will be willing to buy the new versions. Then, in a few more years, when Lucas releases the original version on DVD, they'll buy that too. This two-part strategy is profit maximizing. It's very similar to the strategy followed by LOTR.
The problem is that the paper assumes that prices remain unchanged. Currently prices make strategic use of the nickel and the penny, generating prices that end in .99 and .95. Changing the coinage would likely lead to different price-setting practices -- possibly leading away from the "optimum".