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Price discrimination

What is meant by price discrimination and is it always bad for consumers, good for producers but damaging for society in general? In this column, Steve Stoddard offers guidance on answering examination questions on this topic

Price discrimination is a popular topic for examination questions. The theory surrounding price discrimination can appear technical and abstract at first glance, with some quite scary-looking diagrams. However, once you’ve got a good grasp of the concepts and diagrams relating to monopoly you will see that price discrimination is just an application of this area of the theory of the firm, with plenty of realworld examples available to bring it to life.

An example two-part essay question on this topic might be:

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