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Author: R. Glenn Hubbard, Anthony Patrick O'Brien
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Chapter 16, Problem 16.2.14PA
Subpart (a):
To determine
Increasing profit by price discrimination .
Subpart (b):
To determine
Increasing profit by price discrimination.
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Chapter 16 Solutions
Economics, Student Value Edition (7th Edition)
Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.1.1RQCh. 16 - Prob. 16.1.2RQCh. 16 - Prob. 16.1.3PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.1.4PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.1.5PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.1.6PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.2.1RQCh. 16 - Prob. 16.2.2RQCh. 16 - Prob. 16.2.3RQCh. 16 - Prob. 16.2.4PA
Ch. 16 - Prob. 16.2.5PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.2.6PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.2.7PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.2.8PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.2.9PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.2.10PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.2.11PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.2.12PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.2.13PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.2.14PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.2.15PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.3.1RQCh. 16 - Prob. 16.3.2RQCh. 16 - Prob. 16.3.3RQCh. 16 - Prob. 16.3.4PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.3.5PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.3.6PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.3.7PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.3.8PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.3.9PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.3.10PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.3.11PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.3.12PACh. 16 - Prob. 16.2CTECh. 16 - Prob. 16.3CTE
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