Given the following demand schedule for a monopolist in the diamond industry, assume the marginal cost of producing diamonds is constant and equal to 200 and that there are no fixed costs. Quantity Price 1 | 2 4 100 3 $500 400 300 200 Suppose that rival producers enter the market and the market becomes perfectly competitive. How large is the deadweight loss associated with monopoly in this case?

Given the following demand schedule for a monopolist in the diamond industry, assume the marginal cost of producing diamonds is constant and equal to 200 and that there are no fixed costs. Quantity Price 1 | 2 4 100 3 $500 400 300 200 Suppose that rival producers enter the market and the market becomes perfectly competitive. How large is the deadweight loss associated with monopoly in this case?

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