Price discrimination is the practice of selling the same good at more than one price when the price differences are not justified by cost differences. Evaluate the following statement: "Price discrimination is not possible when a good is sold in a perfectly competitive market." False, because perfectly competitive firms do not profit maximize by setting marginal revenue equal to marginal cost None of these choices True, because perfectly competitive firms have no market power False, because perfectly competitive firms have market power Which of the following kinds of price discrimination occurs when each customer in a single market is charged the maximum price he or she is willing to pay? Perfect price discrimination Third-degree price discrimination Second-degree price discrimination This is not an example of price discrimination

Price discrimination is the practice of selling the same good at more than one price when the price differences are not justified by cost differences. Evaluate the following statement: "Price discrimination is not possible when a good is sold in a perfectly competitive market." False, because perfectly competitive firms do not profit maximize by setting marginal revenue equal to marginal cost None of these choices True, because perfectly competitive firms have no market power False, because perfectly competitive firms have market power Which of the following kinds of price discrimination occurs when each customer in a single market is charged the maximum price he or she is willing to pay? Perfect price discrimination Third-degree price discrimination Second-degree price discrimination This is not an example of price discrimination

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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