Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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Transcribed Image Text:What is the deadweight loss, if Facebook acts as a single-price
monopolist?
In reality, Facebook charges different companies different
amounts for ad campaigns, often systematically lowering the price
of the ad campaign until the firm purchases. If Facebook is able to
perfectly price discriminate, how many ad campaigns will it sell?
If Facebook perfectly price discriminates, what will the consumer
surplus be?
If Facebook perfectly price discriminates, what will the deadweight
loss be?

Transcribed Image Text:Facebook is the biggest seller of advertising space in the social
media market (Instagram is also a major seller, but it is owned by
Facebook). Assume that Facebook is a monopolist and is
illustrated by the graph below.
Use the below graph for #9 - 16.
P ($)
18
17
16
15
14
|1, 14.0
13
12
11
10
7
ATC
34, 1.4
4
|16, 1.8
D
3
31, 1.4
17, 1.8
2
MC
1
567 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Q (millions)
-1 0 1 2 3
-2
15, 1.9
MR
-3
What is the quantity of ads that Facebook sells?
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