Reference no: EM133078158
Question - LC has quit her job and become a writer. Her publisher faces the following demand schedule for her new book, "Mehindi: The Diary of a Labrador." She has a huge fan following and there are no substitutes for her books. She receives an upfront $100 to write the book, and the marginal cost of publishing the book is constant at $10 per book.
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Price
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Quantity
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Total Cost
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$100
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0
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100
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$90
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1
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$110
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$80
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2
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$120
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$70
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3
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$130
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$60
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4
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$140
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$50
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5
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$150
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$40
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6
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$160
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$30
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7
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$170
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$20
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8
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$180
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$10
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9
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$190
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$0
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10
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$200
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Required -
Q1. What type of market does LC's publisher operate in?
-Perfectly competitive
-Monopoly
-Duopoly
-Oligopoly
Q2. Which of the following price-quantity combinations would LC's profit maximizing publisher choose?
-3 novels at P = $70
-9 novels at P = $10
-5 novels at P = $50
-7 novels at P = $30
Q3. What are the publisher's profits under the profit maximizing price-quantity combination?
Q4. Suppose the publisher was not a profit-maximizing firm but was concerned with maximizing economic efficiency i.e., total surplus. What price would it charge for the book? (Hint: what would be the perfectly competitive price in this market?)
Q5. Suppose the publisher was not a profit-maximizing firm but was concerned with maximizing economic efficiency i.e., total surplus. Would such a firm earn profits or losses at the price that maximizes economic efficiency?
1. Profits
2. Losses
Q6. Suppose LC's publisher could perfectly price discriminate, i.e., charge each buyer their WTP, this would reduce: Select one from Below
-Consumer surplus
-Number of books sold in the market
-Total surplus
-Publisher's profits