A Single-Price Monopoly

question 337

Multiple Choice

A single-price monopoly

• A) must practice price discrimination.
• B) can lower its price for only a few select consumers if it wants to increase its sales.
• C) will set its price equal to a consumer's willingness to pay.
• D) must lower the price for all customers if it wants to increase its sales.
• E) is able to raise its price as high as it wants and consumers must still buy from it because it is a monopoly.

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External Failure Cost

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