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- Price discrimination is the business practice of selling the same good at different prices to different customers, even if the production costs for the 2 customers are the same.
- price discrimination is impossible when good is sold in a competitive market, as many firms all selling at the market price β the firm must have some market power to price discriminate
- Perfect price discrimination occurs when a monopolist knows each customerβs willingness to pay and charges each a different price.
- Price discrimination can (1) increase the monopolistβs profits and (2) reduce deadweight loss.
- Examples of price discrimination include movie tickets, airline prices, discount coupons, financial aid, and quantity discounts.
- monopolists with single price
- monopolists with perfect price discrimination