A price-discriminating monopolist will make less in profit than will one that does not price-discriminate.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


False

Price discrimination allows a monopolist to charge each consumer the maximum price that customer is willing to pay for a product. A non-price-discriminating monopolist must charge the same price to everyone and earns a smaller profit as a result.

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