unit 4 ppt 2 regulation and price discrimination 1
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Unit 4PPT 2
Regulation and Price Discrimination
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Are Monopolies Efficient?
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Monopolies are inefficient because they…1. Charge a higher price2. Don’t produce enough• Not allocatively efficiency
3. Produce at higher costs • Not productively efficiency
4. Have little incentive to innovateWhy?
Because there is little external pressure to be efficient
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Where is CS and PS for a monopoly?
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Monopolies vs. Perfect Competition
Q
P
D
S = MC
MR
Pm
Qm
CS
PS
Total surplus falls. Now there is
DEADWEIGHT LOSS
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Regulating Monopolies
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How do they regulate?•Use Price controls: Price Ceilings•Why don’t taxes work?•Taxes limit supply and that’s the problem
Why Regulate?Why would the government regulate
an monopoly? 1. To keep prices low 2. To make monopolies efficient
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1.Socially Optimal PriceP = MC (Allocative Efficiency)
Where should the government place the price ceiling?
2. Fair-Return Price (Break–Even)
P = ATC (Normal Profit)
OR
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D
MR
MC
ATC
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Regulating MonopoliesWhere does the firm produce if it is
unregulated?
Pm
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MR
MC
ATC
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Regulating MonopoliesPrice Ceiling at Socially Optimal
Pm
Qm
Pso
Qso
Socially Optimal = Allocative Efficiency
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MR
MC
ATC
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Regulating MonopoliesPrice Ceiling at Fair Return
Pm
Qm
Pso
Qso
Fair Return means no economic profit
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ATC
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Regulating Monopolies
Pm
Qm
Pso
Qso
Unregulated
Pfr
Qfr
Socially Optimal
Fair Return
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QDMR
MC
ATC
P
Regulating a Natural Monopoly
12Qsocially optimal
What happens if the government sets a price ceiling to get the socially optimal quantity?
The firm would make a loss and would require
a subsidy
Pso
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Price Discrimination
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Price DiscriminationDefinition:Practice of selling the same products to different buyers at different prices
•Airline Tickets (vacation vs. business)•Movie Theaters (child vs. adult) •All Coupons (spenders vs. savers)
Examples:
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PRICE DISCRIMINATION•Price discrimination seeks to charge each consumer what they are willing to pay in an effort to increase profits.•Those with inelastic demand are charged more than those with elastic
Requires the following conditions:1. Must have monopoly power2. Must be able to segregate the market 3. Consumers must NOT be able to resell
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P Qd TR MR
$11 0 0 -
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$10
P Qd TR MR
$11 0 0 -
$10 1 10 10
Results of Price Discrimination
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$10
P Qd TR MR
$11 0 0 -
$10 1 10 10
$9 2 19 9$10 $9
Results of Price Discrimination
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$10
P Qd TR MR
$11 0 0 -
$10 1 10 10
$9 2 19 9
$8 3 27 8$10 $9
$10 $9 $8
Results of Price Discrimination
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$10
P Qd TR MR
$11 0 0 -
$10 1 10 10
$9 2 19 9
$8 3 27 8
$7 4 34 7
$10 $9
$10 $9 $8
$10 $9 $8 $7
Results of Price Discrimination
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P Qd TR MR
$11 0 0 -
$10 1 10 10
$9 2 19 $9
$8 3 27 $8
$7 4 34 $7
$6 5 40 $6
$5 6 45 $5
$4 7 49 $4
Results of Price Discrimination
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$10 $9 $8
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$10 $9 $8 $7 $6 $5 $421
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$10
P Qd TR MR
$11 0 0 -
$10 1 10 10
$9 2 19 $9
$8 3 27 $8
$7 4 34 $7
$6 5 40 $6
$5 6 45 $5
$4 7 49 $4
$10 $9
$10 $9 $8
$10 $9 $8
$10 $9 $8 $7
$7
$6
$5$10 $9 $8 $7 $6
$10 $9 $8 $7 $6 $5 $4
WHEN PRICE DISCIMINATING
MR = D
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Regular Monopoly vs. Price Discriminating Monopoly
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MR
MC
ATC
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P
Pm
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A perfectly discriminating can charge each person differently so the Marginal Revenue = Demand
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MR
MC
ATC
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D=MR
MC
ATC
Q
P
Qnm
Identify the Price, Profit, CS, and DWL
A perfectly discriminating can charge each person differently so the Marginal Revenue = Demand
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D=MR
MC
ATC
Q
P
Qnm
Identify the Price, Profit, CS, and DWL
A perfectly discriminating can charge each person differently so the Marginal Revenue = Demand
Price Discrimination results in several prices, more profit, no CS, and a higher
socially optimal quantity
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Can You Do The Following?
1.Draw a monopoly making a profit at long-run equilibrium and identify price, quantity, and profit.
2. Draw a perfectly competitive industry AND firm at long-run equilibrium
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