Explain whether or not the following are examples of price
discrimination.a. A cell phone carrier offers unlimited calling on the weekends
for all of its customers.b. Tickets to the student section for all basketball games are
$5.c. A restaurant offers a 20% discount for customers who order
dinner between 4 and 6pm.d. A music store has a half-price sale on last year’s
guitars.e. A well-respected golf instructor charges each customer a fee
just under the customer’s maximum willingness to pay...
Explain whether or not you think that a Pigovian gas tax is a
good option for internalizing externalities associated with
transportation. Consider economic, social and environmental
factors
Explain a time you
encountered non-uniform pricing, or price discrimination. Identify
the type of price discrimination it was. Using the criteria
necessary for price discrimination, evaluate how well that good fit
price discrimination. Finally, evaluate the effect such price
discrimination has on you and society.
Your journal entry
must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations
are necessary.
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.
Explain the different types of price discrimination. Then
identify a real-world example of price discrimination (preferably
not one from the unit lesson), and explain which type of price
discrimination it is. Next, using the good from your own chosen
price discrimination as an example, illustrate how the good fits
the criteria necessary for successful price discrimination.
Finally, discuss how the price discrimination example leads to an
increase in total benefit to society. Include in your discussion an
evaluation of the...