4.3

Price Discrimination

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What Is Price Discrimination?

Conditions Required

Types of Price Discrimination

First-Degree (Perfect) Price Discrimination

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Perfect price discrimination: MR = D, produce at D = MC, all surplus becomes producer surplus

Third-Degree Price Discrimination

Second-Degree Price Discrimination

Comparing Single-Price Monopoly to Perfect Price Discrimination

Worked Example: Third-Degree PD

Is Price Discrimination Good or Bad?

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