“…Finally, our paper also contributes to the extensive literature on the welfare effects of monopolistic third-degree price discrimination (e.g., Schmalensee, 1981;Varian, 1985;Schwartz, 1990;Layson, 1994;Aguirre, 2006Aguirre, , 2008Cowan, 2007Cowan, , 2016and Aguirre et al, 2010). Aguirre et al (2010) is particularly relevant.…”