Price discrimination requires the ability to sort customers and the ability to prevent arbitrage. Explain how the following can function as price discrimination schemes and discuss both sorting and arbitrage: a. Requiring airline travelers to spend at least one Saturday night away from home to qualify for a low fare. b. Insisting on delivering cement to buyers and basing prices on buyers' locations. c. Selling food processors along with coupons that can be sent to the manufacturer for a $\$ 10$ rebate. d. Offering temporary price cuts on bathroom tissue. e. Charging high-income patients more than lowincome patients for plastic surgery.
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