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MBA, Ph.D in Management
Harvard university
Feb-1997 - Aug-2003
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Strayer University
Jan-2007 - Present
Problem 1: Single-Price Monopoly Suppose a good is provided by a monopolistic firm facing a demand given by My) = 850 - 2y The firm has a cost of production given by ((3,!) = 503; Find the firm’s profit maximizing price and quantity. How much
profit does the firm earn? Determine the consumer and producer surplus in the market at the
monopoly price and quantity. Is the outcome from a monopoly eflicient? If not, find (geometrically
and analytically) the amount of deadweight loss. What is the price elasticity of demand at the monopoly price and output? Does the monopoly operate in the elastic or inelastic por-
tion of the demand? Recall the relationship between the price a monopolist charges and the elasticity:
pM — M C _ 1
10M |E|
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