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Why popcorn costs so much at the movies : and other pricing puzzles /

By: McKenzie, Richard B.
Publisher: New York ; London : Copernicus Books, c2008Description: xv, 326 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780387769998 (hardcover); 9780387769998:.Subject(s): Pricing -- United States | Prices -- United States | Value | Cost and standard of living -- United States | United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-DDC classification: 338.520973
Contents:
Preface: How price matters -- Price and the "law of unintended consequences" -- Pricing lemons, views, and university housing -- Why sales -- Why popcorn costs so much at the movies -- Why so many coupons -- Why some goods are free -- Free printers and pricey ink cartridges -- Why movie ticket prices are all the same -- Why so many prices end with "9" -- The economics of manufacturers' rebates -- The psychology and evolutionary biology of manufacturers' rebates -- The question of queues -- Why men earn more on average than women-and always will.
Summary: This text seeks to unravel an array of pricing puzzles from the one captured in the book's title to why so many prices end with '9' (as in $2.99 or $179) to why ink cartridges can cost as much as printers to why stores use sales, coupons, and rebates.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 338.520973 MCK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0051625
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-317) and index.

Preface: How price matters -- Price and the "law of unintended consequences" -- Pricing lemons, views, and university housing -- Why sales -- Why popcorn costs so much at the movies -- Why so many coupons -- Why some goods are free -- Free printers and pricey ink cartridges -- Why movie ticket prices are all the same -- Why so many prices end with "9" -- The economics of manufacturers' rebates -- The psychology and evolutionary biology of manufacturers' rebates -- The question of queues -- Why men earn more on average than women-and always will.

This text seeks to unravel an array of pricing puzzles from the one captured in the book's title to why so many prices end with '9' (as in $2.99 or $179) to why ink cartridges can cost as much as printers to why stores use sales, coupons, and rebates.

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