Blogs1 - 10 of 28 recent posts for tag:"price discrimination"
23
Jan
2012
The Strangest Price Discrimination You’ll Ever See?

18 days ago by Stephen J. Dubner

Adriano Dutra Teixeira, a Brazilian economist, sent us this photo from a restaurant. As he translates: “Social Responsibility: 50% discount on meal for clients over 70 or bariatric surgery (stomach reduction).” He adds: I thought it was hilarious! So I wrote a blog post with a microeconomic approach ...

Freakonomics - freakonomics.com · Rank: 217 · 1325 references

22
Jan
2012
Bye Bye Price Tags, Price Lists, Pricing Pages, Posted Prices

19 days ago by Rags Srinivasan

What is the price? The question almost all of us ask before we make our buying decision. Is the price right? That we do not know. But we want to see the price. Hence there are posted prices everywhere you go. Price tags on the garments Price labels on store gadget displays Prices written on [...]

Iterative Path - iterativepath.wordpress.com · 34 references

12
Jan
2012
Fatties surcharge proposed for airlines

29 days ago by CHEconomics

A former QANTAS economist has proposed that overweight people should pay more to fly. When you fly you are given a weight limit for you luggage. A base amount might be 20Kg or 23Kg, which is not that much for a long trip. Ryanair charge €12 per Kg for overweight bags (and more for each extra bag). A ...

CHEconomics - christshospitaleconomics.blogspot.com · Rank: 187,013

11
Jan
2012
Price discrimination is real!

31 days ago by MisterMarsh

Here are just a few links from Tutor2u Try booking flights from Shanghai (SHA) to Bangkok (BKK). You have to find the most expensive and cheapest price. What’s the most expensive and cheapest price to see a movie in Shanghai? How many market segments are there? How many different bottled “sports” wa ...

Marshy's Magazine - marshysmagazine.com

04
Jan
2012
Why Do All Movie Tickets Cost the Same? // movies

37 days ago by readingbyeugene

Derek Thompson over at The Atlantic has some great answers this basic question: why do movie tickets cost the same, regardless of the budget of the film? After all, shouldn’t supply and demand dictate prices? Why should you pay the same $12 to see a low budget Indie film vs. a Hollywood blockbuster? ...

Books I Read - readingbyeugene.com · Rank: 16,729 · 18 references

21
Dec
2011
The War on Loyal Customers // technology

52 days ago by Michael James

A friend I’ll call Jerry recently complained about his Maclean’s magazine subscription: "I see via your magazine insert I can order a year's subscription for Ontario for $53.62 (tax included) whereas I just recently paid $70.86 to renew mine! While I can understand the ‘bonus gift’ difference, I am ...

Michael James on Money - michaeljamesmoney.blogspot.com · Rank: 30,952 · 76 references

19
Dec
2011
Tom Friedman's "Help Wanted" -- FairPay as a step toward freedom

53 days ago by Richard Reisman - Teleshuttle Corporation

I commented at NYTimes.com on Tom Friedman's 12/18 column that suggested the emergence of a new level of democracy in many domains, in which consumers are gaining more equal power with organizations of all kinds. We are only at the beginning stages of this (as Friedman quotes Dov Seidman): "when peo ...

The FairPay Zone - fairpayzone.com · 1 reference

02
Dec
2011
Why Does a Caucasian Dollhouse Cost Nearly 70% More Than an African-American ...

70 days ago by Stephen J. Dubner

If you were shopping on Amazon.com last night for a Fisher-Price “My First Dollhouse” with a Caucasian family, you would have been asked to pay $63.99: If, however, you wanted to buy what looks to be a nearly identical “My First Dollhouse” with an African-American family, the price was only $37.99: ...

Freakonomics - freakonomics.com · Rank: 217 · 1325 references

25
Nov
2011
What happens to the sweater from 6AM to 9AM for the price to double?

77 days ago by Rags Srinivasan

Sometime during many of the obligatory Thanks Giving conversations, an elderly relative loudly wondered about the mysteries of Black Friday pricing. The sweater costs $29.99 at 6AM but if I buy the same sweater at 9AM it is $59.99. I mean, come on. It is the same sweater! What happens to the sweater ...

Iterative Path - iterativepath.wordpress.com · 34 references

01
Nov
2011
KFC Prices going up in China

102 days ago by mrpsuzhou

Good examples of price differentation, price discrimination, and elasticity issues here.

Mr. P of Suzhou - mrpsuzhou.com

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