Suppose a monopolist faces the following demand curve: Price Quantity (Dollars per unit) (Units) 300 7 400 6 500 5 600 4 700 800 900 1 1,000 Refer to Table 15-2. The monopolist has fixed costs of $1,000 and has a constant marginal cost of $2 per unit. If the monopolist were able to perfectly price discriminate, how many units would it sell? 500 400 900 4,200 3. 2.

What determines whether or not a monopolist is able to charge different prices for the same product? Discuss the conditions necessary for successful price discrimination and offer a few examples where you think price discrimination is being practiced. Remember that the product has to be the same for it to be price discrimination. So if I pay more for overnight delivery of an item I am paying for that convenience and it is not price discrimination

pic 1 :  Many schemes for price discriminating involve some cost. For example, discount coupons take up the time and resources of both the buyer and the seller. This question considers the implications of costly price discrimination. To keep things simple, suppose that our monopolist's production costs are simply proportional to output, so that average total cost and marginal cost are constant and equal to each other.   On the following graph, use the grey point (star symbol) to indicate the price and quantity that would emerge under a monopoly without price discrimination. Then use the purple point (diamond symbol) to shade the area corresponding to the monopolist's profit, and use the green point (triangle symbol) to shade the area corresponding to consumer surplus. Finally, use the black point (plus symbol) to shade the area corresponding to deadweight loss.     Let the region representing monopolist's profit be called XX, consumer surplus YY, and deadweight loss ZZ. Suppose the…

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