Re: Martix for price discrimination

[andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Of course there are ways around such laws. That's what
they pay me all this money for! But they are not
foolproof, and litigation is a cost (a very
substantial cost -- they do pay us lots and los of
money) ans also a risk. You might lose and get stuck
with treble damages. That would be very bad. jks

--- Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Right.  What about airline tickets?  There are ways
> around such laws.
>
> On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 02:58:50PM -0700, andie
> nachgeborenen wrote:
> > Price discrimination is an antitrust violation --
> the
> > statute is the Robinson-Patman Act -- that can
> expose
> > the defendant to treble damages in a civil action,
> and
> > even if you win you have to pay me, or someone
> like
> > me, really godawful amounts of money to get you
> off.
> > (This is in fact largely what I do for a living.)
> So,
> > the citizen plaintiff is not without recourse! jks
> >
> >
> > --- michael <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Anon. 2003. ?Is Price Discrimination The Next
> Big
> > > Trend In Commerce??
> > > San Jose Mercury News (7 August).
> > > ?The Internet also gives sellers more
> information
> > > about consumers than
> > > ever before -- how many products they buy and
> when,
> > > perhaps even how
> > > many each can afford.  Eventually, two people
> might
> > > get the same pop-up
> > > ad for the same Zippo lighter, but one ad
> pitches
> > > them for $15 while
> > > another says they're $10.?
> > > ?This vision of the Internet is the basis of a
> new
> > > analysis from Andrew
> > > Odlyzko, a former Bell Labs mathematician now at
> the
> > > University of
> > > Minnesota's Digital Technology Center.  Odlyzko
> > > expects price
> > > discrimination to become more pervasive not only
> > > because so much
> > > personal data is being collected in online
> commerce
> > > but also as
> > > technology, in the name of protecting
> copyrights,
> > > limits what people can
> > > do with online content.?
> > > ?a few years ago, Coca-Cola Co. experimented
> with a
> > > vending machine that
> > > automatically raised prices in hot weather.?
> > > ?the economy could suffer if technology helps
> > > suppliers engage in price
> > > discrimination against producers of important
> goods
> > > and services.?
> > >
> >
>
http://www.dtc.umn.edu/7/8odlyzko/doc/privacy.economics.pdf
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Michael Perelman
> > > Economics Department
> > > California State University
> > > michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
> > > Chico, CA 95929
> > > 530-898-5321
> > > fax 530-898-5901
> >
> >
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