Consumer Surplus Is

question 34

Multiple Choice

Consumer surplus is

• A)positive in the case of a monopolist practising perfect price discrimination.
• B)equal to price minus marginal cost.
• C)less in the case of a single-price monopoly than in the case of a perfectly competitive industry.
• D)zero for a single-price monopolist.
• E)greater in a single-price monopoly than in a perfectly competitive industry.

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