Suppose a profit-maximizing monopoly is able to employ multimarket price discrimination. The marginal cost of providing the good is constant and the same in both markets. The marginal revenue the firm earns on the last unit sold in the market with the lower price will be A) greater than the marginal revenue the firm earns […]
Price discrimination reveals A) the inherent greed of Western culture. B) the inability for regulators to stop unethical practices. C) that individuals have different willingness to pay. D) that individuals have the same willingness to pay. ANSWER C
While price discrimination is possible between two markets, it is not possible in more than two. Indicate whether the statement is true or false ANSWER False. The number of markets does not matter. All that is required is that markets differ in their respective price elasticity of demand.
If a firm offers a senior citizen discount, A) the firm expects the average senior citizen to have a lower price elasticity of demand. B) the firm expects the average senior citizen to have a higher price elasticity of demand. C) senior citizens may be offended. D) it may be prosecuted for discrimination. ANSWER […]
Suppose a monopoly sells to two identifiably different types of customers, A and B, who are unable to practice arbitrage. The inverse demand curve for group A is PA = 10 – QA, and the inverse demand curve for group B is PB = 18 – QB. The monopolist is able to produce the good […]
Suppose a monopoly’s inverse demand curve is P = 100 – Q, it produces a product with a constant marginal cost of 20, and it has no fixed costs. Compared to the consumer surplus if the market were perfectly competitive, consumer surplus is how much less when the monopolist practices perfect price discrimination? A) 3200 […]
At the current price of a good, Jessica’s consumer surplus equals 12, Lauren’s consumer surplus equals 14, and Isabel’s consumer surplus is 4. By perfect discrimination, a monopolist could increase his profit by A) 4. B) 12. C) 16. D) 30. ANSWER D
What is one reason car dealerships might move away from perfect price discrimination to uniform pricing? A) Perfect price discrimination doesn’t work. B) Transaction costs erode the profit of perfect price discrimination. C) Consumers are ill-informed and tend to complain too much. D) Uniform pricing is always more profitable and more fair as well. […]
Which of the following helps a monopoly perfectly price discriminate? A) unit demand by each consumer B) the product is perishable C) the product is personalizable D) All of the above. ANSWER D
If the price of business broadband is greater than that of residential broadband, all else equal, A) business has greater price elasticity than residential. B) residential has greater price elasticity than business. C) both have positive income elasticity. D) generally speaking, broadband is equally priced. ANSWER B
