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Why will a monopolist charge less than the highest price possible?
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∙ 9y ago
A true monopolist will charge a VERY LOW price, so as to cause his competitors to go out of business. Then, when other companies have given up, he'll raise his prices.
But in a free economy, he can't raise prices TOO high, for fear of attracting new entrants to the market.
So a monopolist will invariably team up with market regulators to prevent new competition from arising. The Example of the Year of this phenomenon is the taxicab alliance supported by taxicab regulators, trying to prevent Uber and Lyft from stealing the taxi market with lower prices and better service,
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∙ 15y agoA monopoly cant charge a lower price because nothing competes with it.
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What is persistent in economics?
Persistent dumping is a tendency of a domestic monopolist to charge a higher price in a country as compared to the international price.
Will a monopolist charge a lower price where demand is price elastic and a higher price where demand is price inelastic?
Yes. A monopolist would tend to charge a price closer to fair market value when the demand for a good is elastic. If not demand would be affected. With a monopoly controlled inelastic good the consumer has no recourse and there for would be and the mercy of the supplier.
What is persistent dumping in economics?
Persistent dumping is a tendency of a domestic monopolist to charge a higher price in a country as compared to the international price.
Why do companies practice price discrimination?
Price discrimination is based on the idea that each customer has his or her own maximum price he or she will pay for a good. If a monopolist sets the good's price at the highest maximum price of all the buyers in the market, the monopolist will only sell to the one customer willing to pay that much. If the monopolist sets a low price, the monopolist will gain a lot of customers, but the monopolist will lose the profits it could have made from the customers who bought at the low price but were willing to pay more. Price discrimination recognizes that groups of consumers are willing and able to pay different amounts for a good. (gradpoint)
Explain why the monopolist produces a lower output and charges a higher price?
monopolist's tend to charge? a.Lowe; lower b.higher; lower c.lower; higher d.higher; higher e.higher; the same
What is persistent in economics?
Persistent dumping is a tendency of a domestic monopolist to charge a higher price in a country as compared to the international price.
Will a monopolist charge a lower price where demand is price elastic and a higher price where demand is price inelastic?
Yes. A monopolist would tend to charge a price closer to fair market value when the demand for a good is elastic. If not demand would be affected. With a monopoly controlled inelastic good the consumer has no recourse and there for would be and the mercy of the supplier.
What is persistent dumping in economics?
Persistent dumping is a tendency of a domestic monopolist to charge a higher price in a country as compared to the international price.
Why do companies practice price discrimination?
Price discrimination is based on the idea that each customer has his or her own maximum price he or she will pay for a good. If a monopolist sets the good's price at the highest maximum price of all the buyers in the market, the monopolist will only sell to the one customer willing to pay that much. If the monopolist sets a low price, the monopolist will gain a lot of customers, but the monopolist will lose the profits it could have made from the customers who bought at the low price but were willing to pay more. Price discrimination recognizes that groups of consumers are willing and able to pay different amounts for a good. (gradpoint)
Why do companies practice discrimination?
Price discrimination is based on the idea that each customer has his or her own maximum price he or she will pay for a good. If a monopolist sets the good's price at the highest maximum price of all the buyers in the market, the monopolist will only sell to the one customer willing to pay that much. If the monopolist sets a low price, the monopolist will gain a lot of customers, but the monopolist will lose the profits it could have made from the customers who bought at the low price but were willing to pay more. Price discrimination recognizes that groups of consumers are willing and able to pay different amounts for a good. (gradpoint)
Explain why the monopolist produces a lower output and charges a higher price?
monopolist's tend to charge? a.Lowe; lower b.higher; lower c.lower; higher d.higher; higher e.higher; the same
What is monopolist's marginal revenues less than the price of its goods?
because the monopolist firms are price maker and they can set any price they want and the customers are not perfect knowleged
What Monopolist can decide?
they decide price and quantity.
What is the relationship between price and marginal revenue when a monopolist cuts the price to sell more?
Between them exist a simple line of difference, a monopolist can sale more with less money CHACHA!
Why is it impossible for a profit-maximizing monopolist to choose any price and any quantity it wishes?
The monopolist can choose either the price or the quantity, but choosing one determines the other - they come in pairs.
Effect of a monopolist's price increase?
If a monopolist raises his prices above marginal cost, he will increase his profits. This seems like a good thing for the monopolist. However, the down side is that it reduces the well-being of consumers. Most times, the harm to consumers is greater than the gain of the monopolist.
How can a monopolist charge different prices to different customers?
A monopolist has market power, this means that they can set the market price of a good through restricting output. A monopolist can charge different prices to different customers through price discrimination. Assumptions are made that they monopolists objective is to maximise profits. A monopolists profit maximising strategy is to charge different prices to different consumers varying on the price elasticity between them. This will extract the maximum consumer surplus, and thus maximise profits. To price discrimiate there must also be some degree of barriers to prevent consumers for switching suppliers. A common strategy of price discrimination is giving students a discount, this is because students are normally more sensitive to prices due to their low income. Students may only buy a product if a discount is given, so the firm provides a discount in order to make these sales.
