A firm can charge different prices for its product through price discrimination, which occurs under specific conditions: when the firm has market power, when it can segment the market based on consumers' willingness to pay, and when it can prevent resale between different customer groups. Examples include charging different prices based on age, location, or purchase volume. This strategy helps the firm maximize revenue by capturing consumer surplus from various segments.
Consumers will substitute with a rival's product.
Consumers will substitute with a rival's product.
Consumers will substitute a rival's product.
A strong government BEST protects a firm from being forced to sell its product at an unfairly low price.
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.
Consumers will substitute with a rival's product.
Consumers will substitute with a rival's product.
Consumers will substitute with a rival's product.
Businesses may charge their own prices and may also form monolpolies. Without government regulation, a single firm could control one product and charge the consumer higher than what it is worth to maximize its own profit. (especially if the product is considered essential for living)
Consumers will substitute a rival's product.
Businesses may charge their own prices and may also form monolpolies. Without government regulation, a single firm could control one product and charge the consumer higher than what it is worth to maximize its own profit. (especially if the product is considered essential for living)
A strong government BEST protects a firm from being forced to sell its product at an unfairly low price.
a firm whose product has an elasticity of 0.31
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.
Creaming the market is when a firm or business may charge a very high price for a certain product. The firm will continue to charge a very high price until rival products appear.
When a monopolistically competitive firm charges an excessive price for its product, it risks losing customers to competitors offering similar products at lower prices. This price increase may lead to a decrease in demand, as consumers seek alternatives. In the long run, if the firm continues to maintain high prices without enhancing product quality or differentiation, it could see a decline in market share and profitability, ultimately prompting it to adjust its pricing strategy to remain competitive.
A firm's supply curve for a good indicates the quantity of that good the firm is willing and able to produce and sell at different prices.