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The SSS Co has a patent on a particular medication. The medication sells for 1 per daily dose and marginal cost is estimated to be a constant at 0.20. Assuming linear demand and marginal cost curves, use this information to estimate the deadweight loss from monopoly pricing if the firm currently sells 1,000 doses per day. Can this loss be justified?
 
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Assuming a horizontal long-run market supply curve, which of the following statements is (are) TRUE about competitive firms in the long run?
 
  A) p = MC
  B) p = AC
  C) profit = 0
  D) All of the above.
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Reply #1 on: Jul 1, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The firm's Lerner Index equals 0.8 which implies an elasticity of -1.25. To solve for the slope of the demand curve, set -1.25 = (dQ/dp)  (p/Q) or dQ/dp = -1250. The demand curve is Q = a - 1250p. Since we know that Q = 1000 when p = 1, a = 2250. Thus the demand curve is Q = 2250 - 1250p. This implies that Q would be 2000 if the market were competitive and price were 0.20. The deadweight loss per day is (1 - 0.20 )  (2000 - 1000 )/2 = 400. This loss can be justified on the grounds that had the patent not been issued, the medication might not exist at all.

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