Relative to a Firm That Must Charge a Single Price

question 69

Multiple Choice

Relative to a firm that must charge a single price for all of its output, the ability to charge multiple prices gives a firm with market power the ability to capture some or all of the

• A) fixed costs.
• B) consumer surplus.
• C) variable costs.
• D) marginal costs.
• E) producer surplus.

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