(c) If you wanted to choose a price ceiling for this monopolist so as to maximize consumer plus producer surplus, what price ceiling should you choose? How much output will the monopolist produce at this price ceiling? Explain your calculations. (d) Suppose that you impose a specific tax of £20 per unit of output. What will be the monopolistť's profit maximizing level of output? Explain your derivation and comment on the impact on output.
(c) If you wanted to choose a price ceiling for this monopolist so as to maximize consumer plus producer surplus, what price ceiling should you choose? How much output will the monopolist produce at this price ceiling? Explain your calculations. (d) Suppose that you impose a specific tax of £20 per unit of output. What will be the monopolistť's profit maximizing level of output? Explain your derivation and comment on the impact on output.
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Transcribed Image Text:1. A monopolist has a cost function given by C(y)=y? and faces a demand curve given by P(y)
= 120-y.
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(a) What is the profit maximizing level of output and the price that the monopolist will
charge? Show your calculations.
(b) If you impose a lump sum tax of £100 on this monopolist, what will be the impact on
output? Explain your calculations and the intuition behind your result.
(c) If you wanted to choose a price ceiling for this monopolist so as to maximize consumer
plus producer surplus, what price ceiling should you choose? How much output will
the monopolist produce at this price ceiling? Explain your calculations.
(d) Suppose that you impose a specific tax of £20 per unit of output. What will be the
monopolist's profit maximizing level of output? Explain your derivation and comment
on the impact on output.
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