When a Monopolist Practices Perfect Price Discrimination

question 234

Multiple Choice

When a monopolist practices perfect price discrimination,

• A)consumers receive no consumer surplus
• B)there is allocative inefficiency
• C)there is a deadweight loss
• D)profit is lower than for the nondiscriminating monopolist
• E)total revenue is less than for the nondiscriminating monopolist

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