3.3K
Downloads
16
Episodes
Brought to you by Oxera. Welcome to the Top of the Agenda Podcast, where industry experts and senior executives delve into the most pressing topics of our time. By using the combination of economics, data science and finance, we can shape and improve the business, legal and regulatory landscape and inspire new solutions from the everyday, to ever-evolving global issues. Oxera is a consultancy that uses the expertise of economics, data science and finance to help its clients make well-informed and data-backed decisions. How is the green transition funded? Should sport be regulated, and if so, how? How are our urban transport needs changing and how should we pay for this? What is the impact of AI on jobs? These are just a few of the questions that we help to answer every day, in countries around the world, and ‘Top of the Agenda’ shares the insights from experts at the heart of these questions. Our skills apply to any industry and help to provide new and impartial solutions. You can find out more about Oxera, and how our work with our clients makes a difference, by visiting our website. www.oxera.com.
Episodes
Monday Sep 30, 2024
Episode 5: Is dynamic pricing an ambush or advantage for consumers?
Monday Sep 30, 2024
Monday Sep 30, 2024
The debate as to whether or when dynamic pricing is fair and reasonable continues, and there are even calls for it be banned. Dynamic pricing has been in the news recently, with backlash from fans trying to secure a ticket to see Oasis in concert. You will have experienced dynamic pricing when booking a holiday or buying tickets for a concert if you’ve seen prices rising in response to high demand or you got a last-minute bargain.
In this episode of Top of the Agenda, Helen Jenkins is joined by Amelia Fletcher, Professor of Competition Policy, Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, and Helen Ralston-Smith, a Partner in Oxera’s competition and regulation practices. Together they discuss how pricing strategies affect both businesses and consumers, what economics can tell us about these different strategies, and whether they are advantageous to consumers.