Price discrimination in the economic sense ___________?
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Is illegal. |
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B. |
Does not increase the firm’s profits. |
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C. |
Requires little to know information on the consumer (demand) to be effective. |
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D. |
Increases a firm’s profits, but can be difficult to successfully implement in practice. |
Correct Answer:
D
To implement price discrimination, it is important to assess the different consumer segments and their demand characteristic. Further, price discrimination is not illegal and even government implements it in its own welfare programs. Though, it is difficult to implement, because information in the market, makes market to be efficient and scope of arbitrage is eliminated.
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