A Firm with Market Power Faces a Linear Demand Curve

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Essay

A firm with market power faces a linear demand curve. With perfect price discrimination, it is producing 1,000 units of output and earning producer surplus of $5,000. Marginal cost is constant at $10. If the firm cannot price discriminate, how much producer surplus will it earn?

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