What is the general principle of price discrimination?


The general principle of price discrimination is to charge a higher price in the market with the more inelastic demand and vice versa.

Economics

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In the case of an upward-sloping aggregate supply curve, the change in real GDP brought about by a change in government spending will be less than that predicted by the simple government purchases multiplier

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Economics

If two bundles are on the same indifference curve, then

A) the consumer derives the same level of utility from each. B) the consumer derives the same level of ordinal utility from each but not the same level of cardinal utility. C) no comparison can be made between the two bundles since utility cannot really be measured. D) B and C.

Economics

"Tying" is a form of price discrimination which involves a buyer

A) agreeing to purchase a product at a fixed price regardless of the amount purchased. B) paying different prices based on the amounts of a product purchased. C) required to buy one product in order to purchase some other product. D) All of the above

Economics

Which of the following describes the difference between "scarcity" and "shortage"?

A) There is no difference; either word can be used to describe the situation that exists when there is less of a good or service available than people want. B) In the economic sense, almost everything is scarce. A shortage of a good or service occurs when the quantity demanded is greater than the quantity supplied at the current market price. C) There is a shortage of almost everything. Scarcity occurs only if the quantity demanded of a good or service is greater than the quantity supplied at the current market price. D) In the economic sense, almost everything is scarce. A shortage of a good or service occurs when the quantity demanded is greater than the quantity supplied at the equilibrium price.

Economics