价格歧视的理论研究及社会福利影响分析

在不完全的市场经济条件下,价格歧视在经济生活中其实是普遍存在的。即使在完全竞争的市场中,信息成本和机会成本的存在也将导致价格差异。价格歧视现象所造成的社会福利影响需要做具体分析。事实上,在民航交通等行业中的价格歧视还在一定程度上增加了社会福利,体现了某种程度的社会公平,政府一味单纯禁止价格歧视并非最佳选择。

Research on Price Discrimination Theory & Analysis of Social Welfare Impact

In the incomplete market economy conditions,price discrimination is widespread in the economic life,and even in a perfectly competitive market,the existence of the information and opportunity costs will also lead to price variances.However,it is necessary to make a specific analysis of the social welfare impact caused by price discrimination.In fact,price discrimination in the civil aviation,transportation and other industries even increase the social welfare to some extent and reflects a certain degree of social equity;thus,it is not the best choice for the government to blindly prohibit price discrimination.