Consider an industry with the demand curve and marginal cost (MC) curve shown in the accompanying diagram. There is no fixed cost. If the industry is a single-price monopoly, the monopolist’s marginal revenue curve would be MR. If the industry is perfectly competitive, what will be the total quantity produced? At what price? Which area reflects consumer surplus under perfect competition?

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Consider an industry with the demand curve and marginal cost (MC) curve shown in the accompanying diagram. There is no fixed cost. If the industry is a single-price monopoly, the monopolist’s marginal revenue curve would be MR.

If the industry is perfectly competitive, what will be the total quantity produced?

At what price?

Which area reflects consumer surplus under perfect competition? 

If the industry is a monopoly, what quantity will the monopolist produce? 

What price will it charge? 

Which area reflects the monopolist’s profit? 

Which area reflects consumer surplus under monopoly? 

Which area reflects the deadweight loss to society from monopoly?   

If the monopolist can price-discriminate perfectly, what quantity will the perfectly price-discriminating monopolist produce?

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