Consider the following two groups of consumers in the market for movie tickets – Students and Working Adults. Suppose the Marginal Cost of selling to either group is the same and equal to $4. At the monopoly price for each group, demand elasticities are as follows: Esl= 3 and |Ewl= 2, where Es is the elasticity of demand for students a d Ew is the elasticity of demand for working adults. The Lerner Index of Market Power is higher for students than working adults.

Consider the following two groups of consumers in the market for movie tickets – Students and Working Adults. Suppose the Marginal Cost of selling to either group is the same and equal to $4. At the monopoly price for each group, demand elasticities are as follows: Esl= 3 and |Ewl= 2, where Es is the elasticity of demand for students a d Ew is the elasticity of demand for working adults. The Lerner Index of Market Power is higher for students than working adults.

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