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Discrimination
Managerial Economics
Price discrimination occurs when a
business charges a different price to
different groups of consumers for
the same good or service, for
reasons not associated with costs.
Two main conditions required for price
discrimination to work
Differences in price elasticity of demand:
Charge a higher price to group with low PED
Charge lower price to consumers with a more
price elastic demand
20 Marginal
Cost
AR
Q1 Output (Q)
MR
1st Degree Discrimination
Price, Cost Extra revenue and
profit to be made
from pricing
P1 according to
willingness &
ability to pay
20 Marginal
Cost
AR
Q1 Output (Q)
MR
1st Degree Discrimination
Price, Cost If the market can be split
up final output will be
higher at Q2
P1
Aim is to draw from each
consumer what they can
pay for the product
20 Marginal
Cost
AR
Q1 Q2 Output (Q)
MR
2nd Degree Price Discrimination
Selling blocks of tickets / products in
larger quantities
AR
MC MC
MR
AR
MR
P1
AR
MC MC
MR
AR
MR
P1
High Ped low profit
maximising price
P2
AR
MC MC
MR
AR
MR
P2
AR
MC MC
MR
AR
MR