Why do amusement parks only charge a fixed admission fee?

Dachrahn Wu; Nien Pen Liu

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2006.09.030

Why do amusement parks only charge a fixed admission fee?

Dachrahn Wu, Nien Pen Liu

Department of Economics

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Abstract

We come up with some explanations on why amusement parks adopt pass pricing even when no additional transaction costs exist for implementing non-linear pricing schemes: the related factors include much fun generated by any ride and a higher transportation cost.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	180-185
Number of pages	6
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	95
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2006.09.030
State	Published - May 2007

Keywords

Amusement parks
Hybrid Contract
Non-linear pricing
Pass pricing
Pooling Contract

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