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business and finance marketing and advertisingWhat is second degree price discrimination?
In respect to this, what is second degree price discrimination explain with examples?
Examples of second-degree price discrimination include quantity discounts, when more units are sold at a lower per-unit price; and block-pricing, when the consumer pays different price for different blocks of a product say electricity, gas, internet, etc.
Herein, why is second degree price discrimination described as multipart pricing?
Second-degree price discrimination is also referred to as multipart pricing. Note that this is different from a quantity discount in which the lower (discounted) price applies to all units purchased. In second-degree price discrimination, the lower price applies only to units purchased in that block.
First degree price discrimination – the monopoly seller of a good or service must know the absolute maximum price that every consumer is willing to pay. Price discrimination is present throughout commerce. Examples include airline and travel costs, coupons, premium pricing, gender based pricing, and retail incentives.