Why Is Popcorn So Expensive at the Movies? Make a Case

question 77

Essay

Why is popcorn so expensive at the movies? Make a case for each of the following - that the high price of popcorn is price discrimination and that it is not price discrimination.Identify all the factors that are or are not present,enabling price discrimination by the theatre owner.
This question is based on Steven Landsburg (1995),The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life.

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