Keyword: commission

Captive Customers (6/29/1999)

Prison inmates must pay much higher fees for using pay phones installed by exclusive phone carriers chosen by the state.

Keywords: captive customers, collect calls, commission, inmates, operator-assisted calls, pay phones, prison, surcharge

Commission Rush (5/9/2006)

Excessive entry of residential real-estate brokers has resulted in lowering the median income of brokers rather than the commission rate.

Keywords: commission, competition, excessive entry, median income, real-estate brokers, realtors, tragedy of the commons

Make Me an Offer (3/26/2007)

A salesman on commission has an incentive to practice perfect price discrimination.

Keywords: commission, consumer surplus, haggling, incentive, perfect price discrimination, price searcher