Studies on Price Discrimination in Imperfectly Competitive Markets

This is an advanced theoretical treatment of pricediscrimination in imperfectly competitive markets. Weaddress issues such as the viability of pricediscrimination when markets are oligopolistic ratherthan monopolistic. In particular, it seeks todetermine what effects the introduction ofcompetition to a monopoly market will have on afirm's ability to price discriminate. Also examinedis price discrimination in the presence of collusionamong consumers, as well as the connection between amonopolist's linear pricing and resale among consumers.

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Lester M.K. Kwong, Ph.D.: Studied Economics with specializationsin Industrial Organization and Game Theory at the University ofBritish Columbia. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor atBrock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.

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This is an advanced theoretical treatment of price discrimination in imperfectly competitive markets. We address issues such as the viability of price discrimination when markets are oligopolistic rather than monopolistic. In particular, it seeks to determine what effects the introduction of competition to a monopoly market will have on a firm's ability to price discriminate. Also examined is price discrimination in the presence of collusion among consumers, as well as the connection between a monopolist's linear pricing and resale among consumers.