Scenario: A Small-Town Monopolist
A monopolist sells cable subscriptions in a small town and finds that it can sell 100 subscriptions when the price is $15 a week and an additional 75 subscriptions when the price is $10 a week.The MC for the provision of the cable is $5 a week.There are no fixed costs.
(Scenario: A Small-Town Monopolist) Use the information from the scenario A Small-Town Monopolist.Compared to charging a single price, the deadweight loss:
A.increases when this monopolist price-discriminates.
B.decreases when this monopolist price-discriminates.
C.stays the same when this monopolist price-discriminates.
D.is equal to zero.
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