A Monopoly Will NOT Be Able to Perfectly Price Discriminate

question 45

Multiple Choice

A monopoly will NOT be able to perfectly price discriminate if

• A) obtaining information about each buyer's reservation price is too costly.
• B) demand is very elastic.
• C) demand is very inelastic.
• D) resale is impossible.

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