QUESTION 1
Which of the following conditions is NOT required for successful
direct price discrimination?
A.
The seller must be able to prevent arbitrage between low-value
and high-value buyers
B.
The seller must be able to identify customers as high-value or
low-value buyers
C.
The seller must offer different products for high-value and
low-value groups of consumers
D.
The seller should charge higher prices to high-value buyers
QUESTION 2
Under a version of direct price discrimination, the seller is
able...
Discuss the concept of price discrimination. What are the types
of price discrimination? Why do certain firms with market power use
price discrimination? Any real-life example of firms practicing
price discrimination.
Price Discrimination
You are a successful biochemist, owner and director of the
pharmaceutical laboratory.
Suppose the government granted you a patent for a medicine
that you created from the petals of a flower.
According to a market study, you have identified the most
promising buyers in the Country A and Country B markets.
According to estimates, the demands for your product would
be:
In Country A: P = 50 - 0.5q
In Country B: Q = 200 - 3p
where...
"Price Discrimination"
Does your company use price discrimination? Explain how the
practice works of direct and indirect price discrimination works
and estimate the effect of price discrimination on profits compared
to charging a flat price.
If your company doesn’t currently use price discrimination, are
there opportunities to use this pricing technique?
How would you design the scheme?
Which of the following conditions must be satisfied by a
successful price discrimination scheme? Select one: a. The seller
must be able to identify each customer as having a high or low
value. b. The seller must be able to prevent arbitrage between the
two groups. c. None of the above
1) Who benefits from price discrimination? In order for price
discrimination to work producers must be able to do what?
2) Describe your plan to reduce asymetric information in buying
a house, car, insurance policy or choosing a college to apply
to.
3) What are the benefits and shortcomings of Monopoly?
Need help with these 3 questions.
Price discrimination
Give a real life example (2 examples) of the third-degree price
discrimination (different from anyexamples in the lecture or in
textbook). How the consumers are selected into one or another price
group. Explain, which of the group of the consumers has a more
elastic demand, and why.
14-1 Price Discrimination Does your company price discriminate?
Explain how the practice works (direct or indirect) and estimate
the profit consequences of price discrimination relative to
charging a single, uniform price. If your company doesn’t currently
price discriminate, are there opportunities to do so? How would you
design the price discrimination? Estimate the profit consequences.
Uses numbers.