Seller charge different prices to different consumers for the same product. Increases total output and improves allocative efficiency.
Price discrimination requirements
- A downward sloping demand curve, with two or more groups of customers with different price elasticity.
- Ability to prevent arbitrage between customer groups, i.e. cannot resell among them.
Advantages:
- Increase output and revenue
- Reduce allocative inefficiency
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