An article in the Economist noted that for the Broadway musical Hamilton, Every time the shows producers

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An article in the Economist noted that for the Broadway musical Hamilton, “Every time the show’s producers release a new block [of tickets] to sell, they immediately get snapped up by ‘ticket bots,’ high-speed ticket-buying software.” The musical’s producer called the ticket bots “computerized cheaters.”

a. How do people earn a profit from using the bots to buy tickets?

b. Is there a strategy the musical’s producer could use to eliminate the profit earned by the ticket bots? If so, why doesn’t he use it?

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Microeconomics

ISBN: 9780135952955

8th Edition

Authors: Glenn Hubbard, Anthony Patrick O Brien

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