Which Statement Is True If the Monopolist Can Observe the Consumer's

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true if the monopolist can observe the consumer's type in the nonlinear-pricing application?

• A)The monopolist supplies the consumer with as much of the good as if it were competitively priced.
• B)The monopolist's profit approaches the upper bound from the simple linear pricing problem.
• C)The monopolist extracts all of the surplus from the low type but not the high type.
• D)The monopolist extracts all of the surplus from the high type but not the low type.

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