: Suppose you are amonopolist and you have two customers, Aand B. Each will buy either zero or one unitof the good you produce. A is willing to payup to $35 for your product: B is willing to payup to $10. You produce this good at aconstant average and marginal cost of $8.Ifyou could practice third-degree pricediscrimination, you will eam a profit of $

If you don't engage yourself in third-degree price discrimination, then you will charge the highest…

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: Suppose you are a monopolist and you have two customers, A and B. Each will buy either zero or one unit of the good you produce. A is willing to pay

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Chapter13: Monopoly And Antitrust

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