Economics (7th Edition) (What's New in Economics)
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Author: R. Glenn Hubbard, Anthony Patrick O'Brien
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Chapter 15, Problem 15.4.7PA
Subpart (a):
To determine
Monopoly pricing, profit maximization, and economic efficiency.
Subpart (b):
To determine
Monopoly pricing, profit maximization, and economic efficiency.
Subpart (c):
To determine
Monopoly pricing, profit maximization, and economic efficiency.
Subpart (d):
To determine
Monopoly pricing, profit maximization, and economic efficiency.
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Subject:Business economics
Q.1): A publisher faces the following demand schedule for the next novel from one its popular authors:
Price Quantity demand
$100 0 novels
90 100,000
80 200,000
70 300,000
60 400,000
50 500,000
40 600,000
30 700,000
20 800,000
10 900,000
0 1,000,000
the author is paid $2 million to write the book & the marginal cost of publishing the book is a constant $10 per book
e) if the author were paid $3million instead of $2million to write the book how would this affect the publisher decision regardig what price to charge? explain
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Economics (7th Edition) (What's New in Economics)
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