-"Price Discrimination Allows a Monopoly to Increase Its Economic Profit

question 357

Essay

-"Price discrimination allows a monopoly to increase its economic profit by capturing part of the consumer surplus and turning it into economic profit." Is the previous statement correct or incorrect? If the statement is correct,why is it important in understanding firms' behaviors? If it is incorrect,why is it incorrect?

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