Why is it important that a firm have market power if it wishes to engage in price discrimination?
What will be an ideal response?
If a firm does not have market power then it will face price competition from other firms in the industry if it tries to increase the price to one group of consumers. The competitors will charge a lower price to this group of consumers and the first firm will end up serving only the low price consumers. This will make it unprofitable to engage in price discrimination.
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A) higher B) falling faster C) lower D) the same
Under perfect competition in the resource market, the marginal factor cost curve:
a. is positively sloped. b. is vertical. c. is negatively sloped. d. is horizontal. e. does not exist.
According to economists, entrepreneurship is a factor of production
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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