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Which of the following is true about both a perfectly competitive market and a market with a monopolist who is able to achieve perfect price discrimination
a. Deadweight loss is equal to zero. |
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b. Profit is maximized where price is equal to average total cost. |
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c. The marginal revenue curve is downward sloping. |
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d. Average fixed cost remains constant as quantity increases. |
Solution: The marginal revenue curve is downward sloping.
Explanation: The perfect price discrimination, also termed as First-degree price discrimination, occurs when a different price for every unit consumed is charged by the firm. The profit is equal to the sum of consumer surplus and producer surplus.; thus there is no dead weight loss. First-degree price discrimination are sellers facing a downward-sloping curve whose unique products are enough to allow the sellers for charging the highest possible price which each unit can command.