Automobile Manufacturers Often Use Incentive Programs,including Special Financing Rates and Cash

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Essay

Automobile manufacturers often use incentive programs,including special financing rates and cash rebates,to increase sales.However,a customer is usually restricted to choosing either the low financing rate or the rebate,but not both.Is this an example of price discrimination? If so,what type? Explain your reasoning.

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Definitions:

Experienced Responsibility

The feeling or belief by employees that they are responsible and accountable for their job tasks and outcomes.

Outcomes of Work

The results generated from performing tasks or jobs, which can include products, services, and changes in organizational or individual status.

Attributional Explanation

The process of interpreting events and determining the causes of an individual's behavior.

Negative Attributions

The tendency to explain the behavior of others based on internal, stable, and negative characteristics.