EBK PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781305892811
Author: Mankiw
Publisher: CENGAGE LEARNING - CONSIGNMENT
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Chapter 15, Problem 6CQQ
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The causes of deadweight loss .
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Which of the following is true for a monopolist that engages in perfect price discrimination?
a. There is more consumer surplus than exists with a regular monopoly.
b. The firm sells the profit-maximizing quantity of the regular monopolist but charges each consumer a price higher than the regular monopoly price.
c. The monopolist sells the allocatively efficient quantity of output.
d. The monopolist further restricts output compared to the regular monopoly, creating greater deadweight loss.
e. The monopolist no longer faces a downward-sloping demand curve, becoming a price taker.
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