Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies by Richard B McKenzie
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Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies

Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies


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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.
About the Author:

Richard McKenzie is the Walter B. Gerken Professor of Enterprise and Society in the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine. He has written a number of books on economic policy, most notably the Microsoft antitrust case in the United States. His latest book, In Defense of Monopoly: How Market Power Fosters Creative Production (University of Michigan Press, 2008) challenges the theoretical foundations of antitrust law and enforcement. His commentaries have appeared in national and major regional newspapers in the United States, and he produced an award-winning documentary film, Homecoming: The Forgotten World of America's Orphanages, that has aired across the country on public television. Richard McKenzie is a frequent columnist for Wall Street Journal.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781441926449
  • Publisher: Copernicus Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Copernicus Books
  • Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Weight: 535 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1441926445
  • Publisher Date: 29 Oct 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 326
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: And Other Pricing Puzzles
  • Width: 156 mm


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