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skymedlock

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on: Jun 29, 2018
What is the drawback of forcing a natural monopolist to use a marginal cost pricing rule?
 
  A) No deadweight loss is eliminated.
  B) The firm will incur an economic loss.
  C) The gain in consumer surplus will be less than the loss in producer surplus, thus creating additional deadweight loss.
  D) None of the above answers is correct.

Question 2

The table above shows the marginal costs and marginal benefits of college education. If the market for college education is perfectly competitive and unregulated, at the equilibrium quantity, the marginal social benefit is
 
  A) zero.
  B) 14,000.
  C) 19,000.
  D) 16,000.


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sultana.d

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Reply #1 on: Jun 29, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C


skymedlock

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Reply 2 on: Jun 29, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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