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ECO 550 Final Exam (36 Questions with Correct Answers)

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Prestige pricing<br />

Price lining<br />

Skimming<br />

Incremental pricing<br />

Third-degree price discrimination exists whenever:<br />

Answer<br />

the seller knows exactly how much each potential customer is willing to pay and will charge<br />

accordingly.<br />

different prices are charged by blocks of services.<br />

the seller can separate markets by geography, income, age, etc., and charge different prices to<br />

these different groups.<br />

the seller will bargain <strong>with</strong> buyers in each of the markets to obtain the best possible price.<br />

Which of the statements about price discrimination is (are) false?<br />

Answer<br />

It must be possible to segment the market.<br />

It must be difficult to transfer the seller’s product from one market segment to another.<br />

Public utilities practice first-degree price discrimination.<br />

There must be differences in the elasticity of demand from one segment to another.<br />

The following are possible examples of price discrimination, EXCEPT:<br />

Answer<br />

prices in export markets are lower than for identical products in the domestic market.<br />

senior citizens pay lower fares on public transportation than younger people at the same time.<br />

a product sells at a higher price at location A than at location B, because transportation costs are<br />

higher from the factory to A.

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