5. Price-discriminating monopolistEdison owns a plot of land in the desert that isn't worth much. One day, a giant meteorite falls on his property, making a large crater. The eventattracts scientists and tourists, and Edison decides to sell nontransferable admission tickets to the meteor crater to both types of visitors: scientists(Market A) and tourists (Market B). The following graphs show daily demand (D) curves and marginal revenue (MR) curves for the two markets.Edison's marginal cost of providing admission tickets is zero.PRICE (Dollars per ticket)2018161412108642003Market ASlope: -0.67MR6 9 12 15 18 21 24QUANTITY (Admission tickets)D27 30?PRICE (Dollars per ticket)2018161412108642003Market BSlope: -0.67MRB BO6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27QUANTITY (Admission tickets)30(?) Suppose that at first, Edison charges the same price of $8 per admission in both markets so that the total number of admissions demanded istickets.Suppose now that Edison decides to charge a different price in each market. To maximize revenue, Edison should charge $Market A and $per admission in Market B. At these prices, he will sell a total quantity ofadmission tickets per day.Complete the following table by calculating Edison's total revenue from selling in both markets under the nondiscriminatory as well as thediscriminatory price policy.Pricing PolicyNondiscriminatoryDiscriminatoryTotal Revenue(Dollars)Edison charges a higher price in the market with a relativelyper admission inprice elasticity of demand.

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Suppose that at first, Edison charges the same price of $8 per admission in both markets so that the total number of admissions demanded is tickets. Suppose now that Edison decides to charge a different price in each market. To maximize revenue, Edison should charge $ Market A and $ per admission in Market B. At these prices, he will sell a total quantity of admission tickets per day. Complete the following table by calculating Edison's total revenue from selling in both markets under the nondiscriminatory as well as the discriminatory price policy. Pricing Policy Nondiscriminatory Discriminatory Total Revenue (Dollars) Edison charges a higher price in the market with a relatively per admission in price elasticity of demand.

Suppose that at first, Edison charges the same price of $8 per admission in both markets so that the total number of admissions demanded is tickets. Suppose now that Edison decides to charge a different price in each market. To maximize revenue, Edison should charge $ Market A and $ per admission in Market B. At these prices, he will sell a total quantity of admission tickets per day. Complete the following table by calculating Edison's total revenue from selling in both markets under the nondiscriminatory as well as the discriminatory price policy. Pricing Policy Nondiscriminatory Discriminatory Total Revenue (Dollars) Edison charges a higher price in the market with a relatively per admission in price elasticity of demand.

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Chapter13: Between Competition And Monopoly

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