9. Historically, in many cities, taxi fares were often way above the market equilibrium rate, due to government licensing restrictions. In essence, these taxi cartels used government laws to earn excess profits by erecting barriers to entry. How- ever, modern ride-sharing services such as Uber have found innovative ways to bypass these government restrictions, and protests by the taxi industry have been frequent. In some cas- es, governments responded by banning Uber. Compare and contrast resource allocation and market outcomes under the restricted license system and a competitive system. In which case will it be easier (and cheaper) for customers to get a ride? Do you think governments should ban Uber to increase the profits of taxi drivers? Why or why not?

5. Suppose when a monopolist produces 82 units its average revenue is $10 per unit, its marginal revenue is $7 per unit, its marginal cost is $4 per unit, and its average total cost is $2 per unit. What can we conclude about this monopolist? The monopolist is currently maximizing profits, and its total profits are $375. а. b. The monopolist is currently maximizing profits, and its total profits are $300. с. The monopolist is not currently maximizing profits; it should produce more units and charge a lower price to maximize profits. d. The monopolist is not currently maximizing profits; it should produce fewer units and charge a higher price to maximize profits.

1. Refer to the figure below when the firm is a monopolist. Price P MC L K J ATC D T W Quaxtity \MR a) If the monopolist maximizes profit, how many units will it produce? b) What price will the monopolist charge? c) What area measure the monopolist's profit? d) What level of output would be socially efficient? 2. A Monopolist is facing a demand schedule that is shown in the following table. Quantity Total Revenue Average Revenue Marginal Revenue Price $35 $32 1 2 3 $29 14 $26 15 $23 $20 $17 $14 6 7 18 19 $11 10 $8 a) Fill out the rest of the table. b) Assume this monopolist's marginal cost is constant at $11. What quantity of output (Q) will it produce and what price (P) will it charge? ------

C. Assume that if electricity is supplied by competitive firms, the market price is 55 and the quantity supplied is 8 (‘000 KWHs)? What is the amount of the deadweight loss to society of producing electricity by monopolist Global Gas and Electric? (It is helpful to have a graphical illustration based on the data above so you could calculate easily the DWL. )

Many schemes for price discrintination involve somecosL For example, discount coupons take up the timeand resources of both the buyer and the seller. Thisquestion considers the implications of costly pricediscrimination. To keep things simple, let's assumethat our monopolist's production costs arc simplyproportional to output so that average total cost andmarginal cost arc constant and equal to each other.CHAPTER 15 MONOPOLY 317a. Draw the cost., demand, and marginal-revenuecurves for the monopolist. Show the pricethe monopolist would charge without pricediscrimination.b. ln your diagram, mark the area equal to the mernopolist's prolit and call it X. Mark the area equalto consumer surplus and call it Y. Mark the areaequal to the deadweight loss and call it Z.c. Now suppose that the monopolist can perfectlyprice discriminate. What is the monopolist'sprofit? (Give your answer in terms of X, Y, and Z.)d. What is the change in the monopolist's prolit fromprice discrimination? What is the…

What is the quantity that maximizes social surplus? Explain. How much worse off is society as a result of this industry being monopolized? Show this on a graph and calculate the amount. Info needed in image below

A natural monopoly exists when one firm can supply an entire market at a lower average total cost than can two or more firms, O a firm can engage in price discrimination. O a monopoly firm faces a horizontal demand curve. O the producers in an industry have formed a cartel. diseconomics of scale cxist in an industry.

1. Suppose you have two types of beverages: a cola and a beer. Are these products in the same market? 2. The table in Question 3 shows data for a monopolist who sells a good to four households, each of which buys at most one unit and each of which has a different valuation for the good. The monopolist can produce the good at a marginal cost of $4. The monopolist can discriminate perfectly in its pricing, charging each household its valuation. Fill in the missing elements in the table. How many units should the monopolist produce? How does your answer change if marginal cost is $6?  

A movie production company is planning to make its new movie available online so that it can enjoy  monopoly power. Each time the movie is downloaded the production company has to pay 4 taka to the  internet service provider. Now it is deciding what price to charge for each download. The numbers below shows the demand schedule for the company, Price per download dollar  - 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 0. Quantity of downloads demands 0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15. a) Calculate the total revenue and marginal revenue per download.   b) To maximize profit what price should be charged and how many downloads would need to be sold?

Graph shows the cost and revenue Information for Shitotsu the monopolist. What are the levels of price, output, total (sales) revenue, and total profits if the monopolist were to produce at the positions (a) through (d) indicated in table below? Costs and revenues 40 36 32 28 24 20 16 12 8 4 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Quantity per period a. Total revenue maximization b. Profit-maximization c. Socially optimum price d. Fair-return price MR D=AR MC AC Price ($) 16 G 15 141 Output 20 20 22.5 Total Revenue ($) 320 300 315 Total Profits ($) 120 180