The impact of price discrimination on consumer surplus at popular music concerts

We estimate consumer surplus gains and losses from concert ticket price discrimination. Fans purchasing low-priced tickets enjoy a surplus gain of about $9.26 per ticket while high-priced ticket buyers suffer a loss of about $17.63 per ticket.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Eckard, E. Woodrow ; Smith, Marlene A.
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 118.2013, 1, p. 222-224
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Price discrimination \| Consumer surplus \| Welfare economics \| Popular music concerts

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	D6 - Welfare Economics
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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