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APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS
Volume 30, Issue 3, Pages 255-258Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2021.1983131
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Quality-based second degree price discrimination; Marketing; Fresh-cut produce; Carrots
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This study finds empirical evidence that retailers utilize the quality attribute of baby-cut carrots to engage in quality-based price discrimination. The introduction of high-quality substitutes, such as pre-cut and pre-processed versions of fresh produce, increases retail profits with minimal impact on consumer surplus under this discriminatory pricing strategy.
Empirical evidence of quality-based price discrimination (second degree) is limited. I find consumers have positive and heterogenous valuations for the baby-cut attribute of carrots, and I model and establish evidence that retailers utilize this quality attribute to price discriminate. From a welfare perspective, I show the development and introduction of high-quality substitutes, pre-cut and pre-processed versions of fresh produce, increase retail profits with minimal impact on consumer surplus under quality-based price discrimination.
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