A monopolist who has a horizontal ATC schedule and perfectly price discriminates
A. leaves buyers a decreased but still positive amount of consumer surplus.
B. does not change the amount of consumer surplus that buyers had before the monopolist perfectly price discriminated.
C. appropriates all consumer surplus as profit.
D. increases the amount of consumer surplus that is lost to the buyers and not gained by the monopolist.
Answer: C
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