Price Discrimination

question 92

Multiple Choice

Price discrimination

• A)is the practice of charging different prices to different customers based on a seller's personal preferences and prejudices.
• B)is the practice of charging different prices to different customers based on the different costs of supplying the product to different customers.
• C)is the practice of charging different prices to different customers when the price differences cannot be attributed to variations in cost.
• D)is the practice of giving preferential treatment to certain groups of customers based on their long-standing relationship to the producer.

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Definitions:

Rate of Return

The gain or loss on an investment over a specified period, expressed as a percentage of the investment's cost.

Risk-Free Rate

The interest rate that can be earned with certainty, commonly taken to be the rate on short-term Treasury bills.

Security Market Line

A graphical representation that shows the relationship between the expected return of an investment and its risk as measured by beta.

Expected Rate

The anticipated rate of return on an investment, factoring in known variables and risk assessments.