tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post1861762277028379625..comments2023-11-24T03:20:02.361-07:00Comments on Tufte's Economics Classes Blog - A Living Textbook: Bye Bye, BirdieDr. Tuftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-12981679192861491762015-01-22T19:08:34.330-07:002015-01-22T19:08:34.330-07:00Dawn 50/50.
This whole story disappeared after Th...Dawn 50/50.<br /><br />This whole story disappeared after Thanksgiving last year. That supports my earlier view that this was a marketing scheme.<br /><br />I'm pleased that you agree with my position, but I'm not sure I agree with your justifications.<br /><br />First, you say "could be more weight than one large turkey". Yes, possibly. But it could be less too. Later in the Dave Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14877686358267438045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-38977455978655888102015-01-22T15:15:34.730-07:002015-01-22T15:15:34.730-07:00The problem with waiting to butcher the turkey at ...The problem with waiting to butcher the turkey at a later date is that they do not taste the same. Most turkeys are butchered at 6 to 8 months old. It does sound like a marketing scheme, because if the turkeys are younger and weigh less, then the companies that are raising the turkeys will end up with a lower cost for food, water and shelter for the turkeys. If there is no option to purchase a Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09384712490314262365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-20748366322873970902013-12-01T00:26:28.729-07:002013-12-01T00:26:28.729-07:00Aicha435: 88/100 (Turkey is the country, and "...Aicha435: 88/100 (Turkey is the country, and "availability frozen turkeys").<br />Paulo: 50/50<br /><br />Hmmm. This sounds like a marketing scheme to price discriminate. The shortage is only in the fresh birds. Presumably fresh and frozen birds are sold to different segments. And I would guess that the demand for fresh birds is more inelastic.<br /><br />And then there's the fact Dave Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14877686358267438045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-11543360955141304782013-11-30T17:33:09.159-07:002013-11-30T17:33:09.159-07:00If Butterball does not have a sufficient quantity ...If Butterball does not have a sufficient quantity of fresh average size turkeys this year then that means they have an extra supply of smaller turkeys. Will they choose to supply additional smaller fresh or frozen turkeys this year, or will they wait until next year to supply the larger fresh birds? To help answer this question, looking at shifting the supply curves of the smaller turkeys Paulohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14068911902924514706noreply@blogger.com