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CORALGRILL2014

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A single-price monopolist will always charge a price that is on the elastic range of its demand. Explain why the previous statement is correct or incorrect.
 
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The marginal social benefit is the sum of the benefit enjoyed by the consumer of an additional unit of a good or service plus the marginal benefit enjoyed by others.
 
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ladyjames123

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

The statement is correct. Only when the demand is elastic is marginal revenue positive. (When demand is unit elastic, marginal revenue is zero and when demand is inelastic marginal revenue is negative.) Because marginal cost is always positive, a single-price monopolist will always produce in the elastic range of its demand because it produces where marginal cost equals marginal revenue. Hence the price that the monopolist sets will always be on the elastic range of its demand.

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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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