Exhibit 17

question 98

Essay

Exhibit 17.9.A bank manager is interested in assigning a rating to the holders of credit cards issued by her bank.The rating is based on the probability of defaulting on credit cards and is as follows.

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Definitions:

Price Structure

The organization and setting of various prices within a company's range of products or services.

Price Discrimination

A pricing strategy that sells the same product or service at different prices to different customers, often based on willingness to pay, market segment, or purchase volume.

Less Elastic

Describes a demand that is relatively unresponsive to changes in price, indicating that consumers' buying habits do not significantly alter with price fluctuations.

More Elastic

Describes demand that is highly sensitive to changes in price, where consumers significantly alter their quantity demanded with slight price variations.