Text: Question 2 (10 marks)
a. Describe what is meant by third-degree price discrimination. Give one example of third-degree price discrimination. What challenges might a firm face in implementing third-degree price discrimination? [4 marks]
b. Netflix decides to start selling two subscriptions, an action and a drama subscription. They have four customers, each of whose valuation is indicated in the table below:
Ann
Bob
Charlie
Dom
Action
100
400
600
700
Drama
800
900
800
200
Assume the marginal cost of offering either subscription is zero.
What are the optimal prices of each of the action and drama subscriptions if there is no bundling? [2 marks] If the action and drama subscriptions are sold only as a bundle, what is the optimal price of the bundle? [2 marks]
If the action and drama subscriptions can optionally be purchased in a bundle, what are the optimal prices of each of the action subscription, drama subscription, and bundle? [2 marks]