Garrett Scott | Airline Pricing, Refunds, and the Role of Price Discrimination

<em>You&#8217;re listening to Economic Forces, a free weekly newsletter and podcast on economics, especially price theory, without the politics. You can support our newsletter by signing up here:</em><br/><br/>Welcome to Episode 9 of the Economic Forces Podcast! We interview <a target="_blank" href="https://sites.google.com/view/garrettscott">Garrett Scott</a> about his job market paper "<a target="_blank" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nFvzk75OKN6tnKEkr1S2O51j3wum3vF4/view">Screening with Refunds: Evidence from the Airline Industry</a>." We discuss what makes airline pricing unique, especially the regulation and uncertainty involved, and the impact of price discrimination through refunds on the level of efficiency within the airline market.<br/><br/>You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app. If you don&#8217;t see Economic Forces on your podcast app, try adding the following RSS feed directly: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/86578.rss.<br/><br/>Below you&#8217;ll find a teaser clip and the full interview. Enjoy! <br/><br/>Get full access to Economic Forces at <a href="https://pricetheory.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">pricetheory.substack.com/subscribe</a>