Essays about: "Price-discrimination"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the word Price-discrimination.

  1. 1. The Pink Tax : An investigation of gender-based price discrimination in the Swedish market for personal hygiene products

    University essay from Jönköping University

    Author : Matilda Kardetoft; [2022]
    Keywords : Pink tax; Gender-based price discrimination; Female purchasing power; Male purchasing power; gender equality;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate the phenomenon popularly referred to as the pink tax, otherwise known as gender-based price discrimination in the Swedish hygiene product market. The subject is thoroughly researched in markets like the United States and the United Kingdom, where evidence has been found that a pink tax does exist. READ MORE

  2. 2. The Price of Mental Health - A Study of the Pricing of Psychotherapy

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Ebba Haaker; Josefin Malmström; [2022]
    Keywords : Psychotherapy; Price Discrimination; Value-Based Pricing; Cost-Based Pricing; Competitor-Based Pricing;

    Abstract : During the year of 2020, care providers met an increasing demand for psychotherapeutic treatment, which is believed to be continuously large. This increased demand additionally puts emphasis on the management of one-man companies, as a considerable number of the psychologists working in Sweden are self-employed. READ MORE

  3. 3. An Evaluation of Price Determinants and the Economics of Supplying Vaccines: A Tradeoff Between the Wealth of Firms and the Health of Nations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Maja Ekman; Nina Maria Lancelot; [2020]
    Keywords : vaccines; price discrimination; market concentration; patents; risk; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper aims to investigate the price determinants of vaccines, using economic theory and multiple linear regression analysis. Due to uncertain returns of investment in research and development, the volatility of demand, and the winner-take-all element of patent races, supplying vaccines entails substantial risks. READ MORE

  4. 4. Willing to shop like a (wo)man? : A consumer perspective on the perception of Pink Tax

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap

    Author : Elina Magnusson; Maja Eriksson; [2020]
    Keywords : Pink Tax; price discrimination; gender based pricing; gendered products; perception; pricing; purchases; gender; men; women; Sweden.;

    Abstract : Title: Willing to shop like a (wo)man? - A consumer perspective on the perception of Pink Tax Subject: Bachelor thesis in business administration, 15 hp Authors: Maja Eriksson & Elina Magnusson Purpose: The purpose of this study is, therefore, to compare the perceptions about the Pink Tax between men and women in Sweden, including how the price influences the willingness to buy as well as perceived price fairness and perception of gendered products. Methodology: The study was conducted by qualitative interviews with a semi structured interview. READ MORE

  5. 5. An Evaluation of Price Determinants and the Economics of Supplying Vaccines: A Tradeoff Between the Wealth of Firms and the Health of Nations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Maja Ekman; Nina Maria Lancelot; [2020]
    Keywords : vaccines; price discrimination; market concentration; patents; risk; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper aims to investigate the price determinants of vaccines, using economic theory and multiple linear regression analysis. Due to uncertain returns of investment in research and development, the volatility of demand, and the winner-take-all element of patent races, supplying vaccines entails substantial risks. READ MORE