Price discrimination is the practice of selling the same good at more than one price when the price differences are not justified by cost differences. Evaluate the following statement: "Price discrimination is possible only if no one can easily resell the good." None of these choices True, because this prevents the low-price segment of the market from reselling to the high-price segment O False, because it doesn't matter whether consumers can resell the good or not O False, because allowing for resale is more efficient Which of the following kinds of price discrimination occurs when each customer in a single market is charged the maximum price he or she is willing to pay? Second-degree price discrimination Third-degree price discrimination This is not an example of price discrimination O Perfect price discrimination

Price discrimination is the practice of selling the same good at more than one price when the price differences are not justified by cost differences. Evaluate the following statement: "Price discrimination is possible only if no one can easily resell the good." None of these choices True, because this prevents the low-price segment of the market from reselling to the high-price segment O False, because it doesn't matter whether consumers can resell the good or not O False, because allowing for resale is more efficient Which of the following kinds of price discrimination occurs when each customer in a single market is charged the maximum price he or she is willing to pay? Second-degree price discrimination Third-degree price discrimination This is not an example of price discrimination O Perfect price discrimination

Microeconomics: Principles & Policy

14th Edition

ISBN:9781337794992

Author:William J. Baumol, Alan S. Blinder, John L. Solow

Publisher:William J. Baumol, Alan S. Blinder, John L. Solow

Chapter4: Supply And Demand: An Initial Look

Section: Chapter Questions

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