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- 10 8 7 5678 Price = 10, Quantity = 5 Price = 3, Quantity = 5 MC Price = 8, Quantity = 7 Q If the monopolist depicted in the above figure is maximizing profits, the correct price/output combination will be: Price = 6, Quantity = 6 ATC DMultiple Choice pervey $10 for its product. $12 for its product $16 for its product. $8 for its product.90 80 MC 65 55 52 50 ATC D MR 10 20 35 45 50 Quantity of Output (Units) Refer to the graph above for a pure monopolist: The total profit (loss) for this monopolist is: ($525) $100 $525 $175 Dollars ($)
- A monopolist practices perfect price discrimination. The monopoly faces a market demand curve and has a total cost of production given below: P=50-Q and TC = 20Q %3D What do economic profits equal for this perfect price discriminating monopolist? * 600 1050 450400.00 300.00 200.00 100.00 0.00 2.5 -100.00 -200.00 -300.00 -E(ys)E(YR) -E(NS) E(NR) E(YS) 100-100i E(YR)=100-50i E(IIS) -20 +100i E(IIR)= -70 +50i Assuming we are under monopoly and asymmetric information, what is the highest interest for which both types (safe and risky) stay in the market? Oi-2 Oi-0.5 O i-1 Oi-3 0 Objective functions 0.5 3.53. Consider a monopolist who faces the following demand: Demand: P= 100 – 10Q MC= 50+20 a) Find the price quantity combination that maximizes profit for the monopolist. b) Is the firm making positive, negative or zero profits? (100,100) Kareem chooses (60, 105) (500, 400) Saleem chooses Kareem chooses (50,420) 4. Calculate the SPNE/SPNES for the game stated above.
- (Figure: Electricity Generation). What is this monopolist's maximum profit? Group of answer choices $300 $400 $1000 $810A pharmaceutical company Eureka Bio has discovered a Corona vaccine that can be produced at constant marginal cost of R10. The company has entered into offtake dosage agreements with country A and B. Country A has a dosage demand of QA = 200 - PA and Country B has dosage demand QB = 160 -PB a. If WHO introduces a regulation on the price of dosages, calculate the price, profits and dosages that Eureka can charge.Price 30 MC 23 20 15 ATC D 9 12 15 \MR Quantity d) If a price ceiling of $17.50 is imposed by the government on the monopolist, estimate the quantity that the monopolist will produce based on the graph. What happens to the deadweight loss and why? (Note: no need to compute for the DWL.)
- A monopolist produces a product with price, quantity sold and marginal cost as shown in the table below. The fixed cost is $50. Price ($) Quantity Sold Marginal Cost ($) 100 1 20 90 2 30 80 3 40 70 4 50 60 5 60 (a) If the monopolist need to sell at a standard price, determine the optimal quantity, the price, and the profit of the monopolist. (b) If the monopolist can practice perfect price discrimination, determine the optimal quantity, the price and the profit of the monopolist.Price/Cost (S) 20.59 14.95 13.01 8.92 30.36 45 173 42 87 MR 45.28 Quantity MC AC Approximately, how much deadweight loss is created in this market by the monopolist?Dollars P3 P₂ P₁ 0 MR Q₁ Q₂ Q3 Quantity Q4 D ATC MC Refer to the diagram for a natural monopolist. If a regulatory commission were to set a maximum price of P3. the monopolist would A) increase output beyond the profit-maximizing level. B) be unable to make a normal profit. C) maximize profits. D) reduce output below the profit-maximizing level.