Which of the following about price discrimination is true?

A. A price-discriminating seller will charge consumers with an elastic demand a lower price than consumers with an inelastic demand.
B. A firm must face a horizontal demand curve for its product in order to engage in effective price discrimination in a market.
C. Price discrimination always harms consumers and helps sellers in the short run but in the long run, consumers benefit at the expense of sellers.
D. A seller must have a monopoly in order to gain from price discrimination.


Answer: A

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