(Consider This) Children are charged less than adults for admission to professional baseball games but are charged the same prices as adults at the concession stands. Which of the following conditions of price discrimination explains why this occurs?
A. The seller must have some monopoly power; that is, it must be able to set the product
price.
B. The seller must be able to identify buyers by group characteristics such as age or income.
C. Groups must have different elasticities of demand for the product.
D. The items can be bought by people in the low-price group and transferred to members of
the high-price group.
Answer: D
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