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Price Discrimination

Price discrimination is the practice of charging different prices to different consumers for the same product based on their willingness to pay.

To engage in price discrimination, a firm must have market power, be able to identify different consumer groups, and prevent resale between groups. It increases profits by capturing more consumer surplus.

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