McKenzie, Richard B.

Why popcorn costs so much at the movies : and other pricing puzzles / Richard B. McKenzie. - New York : Copernicus Books, c2008. - xv, 326 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-317) and index.

Preface: How price matters -- 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.

ISBN: 9780387769998 (hardcover) 0387769994 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2008923102

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Prices--United States.
Pricing--United States.
Value.
Cost and standard of living--United States.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Economic conditions--2001-

Dewey Class. No.: 338.520973