11. Price discrimination only occurs under monopoly. True or false

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11. **Price discrimination only occurs under monopoly. True or false**

12. **It is true that the distribution process carried out by the price system**
   - A. All of the responses are true
   - B. Accomplishes the task more efficiently than central planners would.
   - C. Favor the rich
   - D. Is superior to other rationing mechanisms because it is able to pay attention to individual consumer preferences

13. **It is in society’s best interest that the MC of the last unit product of a good is equal to its MU. True or false**

14. **For a monopoly, MC=MR<P so that MC<MU. True or false**

16. **A firm earns a profit of exactly zero at its optimal output level only if**
   - A. P=AC
   - B. P=SRAVC
   - C. P=MR
   - D. P=MC

17. **Scarcity limits the volume of goods that an economic system can produce but does not limit the production of services. True or false**

18. **To be efficient, outputs should be produced that minimize total cost. True or false**

19. **A monopoly firm always devotes some of its profits to research. True or false**

### Explanation
- **MC, MR, MU, P, AC, SRAVC:**
  - MC: Marginal Cost
  - MR: Marginal Revenue
  - MU: Marginal Utility
  - P: Price
  - AC: Average Cost
  - SRAVC: Short-Run Average Variable Cost

These questions and concepts are fundamental for understanding economic theories related to price mechanisms, monopolies, and market efficiencies.
Transcribed Image Text:### Transcription of Economic Concepts and Questions 11. **Price discrimination only occurs under monopoly. True or false** 12. **It is true that the distribution process carried out by the price system** - A. All of the responses are true - B. Accomplishes the task more efficiently than central planners would. - C. Favor the rich - D. Is superior to other rationing mechanisms because it is able to pay attention to individual consumer preferences 13. **It is in society’s best interest that the MC of the last unit product of a good is equal to its MU. True or false** 14. **For a monopoly, MC=MR<P so that MC<MU. True or false** 16. **A firm earns a profit of exactly zero at its optimal output level only if** - A. P=AC - B. P=SRAVC - C. P=MR - D. P=MC 17. **Scarcity limits the volume of goods that an economic system can produce but does not limit the production of services. True or false** 18. **To be efficient, outputs should be produced that minimize total cost. True or false** 19. **A monopoly firm always devotes some of its profits to research. True or false** ### Explanation - **MC, MR, MU, P, AC, SRAVC:** - MC: Marginal Cost - MR: Marginal Revenue - MU: Marginal Utility - P: Price - AC: Average Cost - SRAVC: Short-Run Average Variable Cost These questions and concepts are fundamental for understanding economic theories related to price mechanisms, monopolies, and market efficiencies.
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Price discrimination is the strategic selling in which the seller sells the same product at different prices to customers.

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Price discrimination can be done only in monopoly because a monopolist is a single seller in the market and it can have a full control over the price of the product that it sells. Thus, giving monopolist a liberty to sell its product at different prices as a consumer cannot go to a different seller for that particular product. While in other markets such as monopolistic, perfect competition sellers, oligopoly, etc. there are more than single seller, no one has a full control over the prices.

Thereby, customers can shift to a different seller if one seller tries to differ its prices for the same product. Thus, we can say that a competition in the market helps to keep varying prices or price discrimination in check.

 

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