TY - JOUR AB - An examination of imperfect price discrimination, modelled as a linear combination of perfect price discrimination and uniform pricing, is used to analyze the impact of imperfect discrimination on firm size and product diversity. Additionally, claims that perfect price discrimination leads to the welfare optimum are shown to be generally false. VL - 14 IS - 1 SN - 1086-7376 DO - 10.1108/eb028698 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb028698 AU - Shmanske Stephen PY - 1991 Y1 - 1991/01/01 TI - PRICE DISCRIMINATION AND MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION T2 - Studies in Economics and Finance PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 25 EP - 48 Y2 - 2024/04/19 ER -