a) Using the following graph state the price and quantity the firm will be at if the monopoly market is in long run equilibrium. Explain why the firm will be at that price and quantity. b) State the conditions that establish the market structure monopoly, and the conditions needed for price discrimination and why firms price discriminate. (image attached)

Which of the following situations would likely result in the formation of a natural monopoly? Question 21Select one or more: a. There is very low demand for the product, i.e., there’s a small market b. Firms have large fixed costs and a constant marginal cost of production c. Due to return to scale, one large firm can produce at a lower cost than many small firms d. The government issues liquor licenses, which are required for businesses to sell alcohol e. Doctors can only practice medicine if they are accredited by the American Medical Association f. The government issues a patent for a new invention

Explain how a monopoly arises and distinguish between a single-price monopoly and a price-discriminating monopoly.

v THE VIRTUAL MONOPOLY OF EPIPENS BY THE APLIA ECONOMICS CONTENT TEAM In 2007, as part of a $6.7 billion deal with Merck & Co., Inc., one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, Mylan N.V., an American generic and specialty pharmaceuticals company, acquired the EpiPen, an epinephrine injection device used to treat the potentially fatal allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis. At the time, EpiPen was not a household brand that everyone knew, but efforts by Mylan's CEO Heather Bresch changed the landscape for this device. According to Jen Wieczner, in an article in Fortune: "She poured marketing resources into the product, and embarked on an awareness and political campaign to get more EpiPens into schools and other public institutions. Today, 47 states have laws about making epinephrine auto-injectors available at school in case of an anaphylaxis incident, largely as a result of Bresch's efforts" (Jen Wieczner, "Mylan CEO Blamed Obama Care for EpiPen Sticker Shock,"…

1.     Calculate the profit-maximizing quantity and price for the non-student market. (attached Figure A: Non-Students)     2.     Calculate the profit-maximizing quantity and price for the student market. (attached Figure B: Students)     3.  Calculate the profit if the firm charges both the non-students and students the same price of $20. (attached Figure A: Non-Students and Figure B: Students)     4. Calculate the profit if the monopoly firm perfectly price discriminates. (attached Figure A: Non-Students and Figure B: Students)

To answer this question, you will want to work out the answer using a graph on a piece of scratch paper (not turned in). You are going to compare the outcomes in the case where there is perfect competition to the monopoly case. So, as an intermediate step, you will need to compute the equilibrium outcomes under competition and monopoly. Suppose that you have the following information about the demand for oil. Price ($/barrel) 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 Suppose that the marginal cost to produce a barrel of oil is $20. What is the deadweight loss if the oil market is a monopoly? Quantity demanded(# barrels) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The accompanying graph depicts a hypothetical monopoly. Follow instuctions 1−3 below to identify the monopoly's profits. Place point E at the monopoly's profit maximizing price and quantity. Move the average total cost (ATC) curve to a position that depicts the monopoly earning a positive profit. Place the area labeled Profit in the area of the graph that represents the monopoly's profit.

What is the difference between a monopoly's marginal revenue curve and a perfect competitor's marginal revenue curve? Please explain the difference in these markets by drawing the graphs.

Question 3

b) The Fundamental cause of monopoly is barriers to entry. Discuss the main causes of Monopoly.