Price discrimination for the non-economist

["Heather Morrison" <hmorrison@ola.bc.ca>]

For those of us who didn't study economics, here is Andrew Odlyzko's
simple explanation of price discrimination:

[snip]

Heather,

Price discrimination is defined informally in the paper.  It is 
charging different prices for the same good or service.  Student and 
senior citizen discounts are among the most common types.

Best regards,
Andrew

[snip]

If this means lower prices or free service for smaller or poorer
libraries, or libraries with low usage levels, it sounds like a good 
idea.  As long as prices are affordable for the larger libraries too, 
of course, and as long as this can be done with compromising the user's 
privacy rights.

A personal opinion by:
	
Heather Grace Morrison