Does everyone have a price?

Authors
Publication date 05-10-2018
Event Amsterdam Privacy Conference 2018
Number of pages 21
Organisations
  • Faculty of Law (FdR)
  • Faculty of Law (FdR) - Institute for Information Law (IViR)
Abstract
Online shops can offer each customer a different price. Such personalised pricing can lead to advanced forms of price discrimination based on individual characteristics of consumers. With new technologies, such as data science, online price discrimination can become more prevalent. We analyse results from two consumer surveys conducted in the Netherlands, among a representative sample of the Dutch population (N=1222 and N=1202). A vast majority finds online price discrimination unfair and unacceptable, and thinks it should be banned. We analyse consumer attitudes towards different examples of price discrimination and dynamic pricing to gain a better understanding of the underlying drivers.
Document type Paper
Language English
Other links https://apc2018.com/onewebmedia/APC%20Final%20Program.pdf
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