Dynamic Pricing

from Economics Explored · host Ben Scott, Gene Tunny

Economics Explained host Gene Tunny discusses dynamic pricing, which is used by Uber and airlines among other businesses, with his Adept Economics colleague Ben Scott. Resources mentioned in the conversation include:Tim Harford's The Next Fifty Things that Made the Modern EconomyUber and airline dynamic pricing models can be viewed as both fair and predatoryQPAC/QTIX to trial Uber-style surge pricing to boost revenueMatching and Dynamic Pricing in Ride-Hailing PlatformsHe has 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer and Nowhere to Sell ThemDynamic pricing: Retailers using artificial intelligence to predict top price you'll pay

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