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Uber is a service people use to arrange transportation with drivers who use their own cars for this purpose. Customers pay for their rides with the Uber smartphone app. Uber’s prices fluctuate with the demand for the service. This “surge pricing” can result in different prices for the same distance traveled at different times of day or days of the week. Annie Lowrey, a writer for the New York Times, explained that she paid \($13\) for a 10 p.m. 2-mile trip in downtown Washington, DC, on New Year’s Eve. Three hours later she paid \($47\) for the return trip to her home. Did she receive negative consumer surplus on her return trip? Briefly explain.

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Macroeconomics

ISBN: 9780138102494

9th Edition

Authors: Glenn Hubbard, Anthony Patrick O Brien

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