Archive for July, 2006
Price Discrimination: You Paid What for This Ticket?
In a recent post, consumer advocate website The Consumerist detailed how wireless telephone provider Cingular chooses the discounts customers get when they are finished with their contract. The short version is that Cingular uses a ranking system called Life Time Value (LTV), which is a ranking of how much you spend. If you are a [...]
July 29, 2006
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Tax Incidence: Why You Can’t Have a Free Stadium
A while back a friend of mine extolled a new stadium deal in Kansas City, MO because the Mayor, Kay Barnes, was able to raise the money to pay for the new stadium without raising taxes on Kansas City residents. The scheme: Charge hotel guests in the city a tax on their hotel rooms and [...]
July 27, 2006
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