Multiple Choice
The diagram below shows the demand curve and marginal cost and marginal revenue curves for a new heart medication for which the pharmaceutical firm holds a 20-year patent on its production and sales.This protection gives the firm monopoly power for the 20 years of the patent. FIGURE 10-6
-Refer to Figure 10-6.Suppose this pharmaceutical firm is charging a single price for its drug and is maximizing its profits.If it then begins to perfectly price discriminate among its buyers it will
A) cause a loss of economic surplus to society as a whole.
B) capture consumer surplus equal to areas D + E + C + F + H.
C) no longer be equating MR and MC.
D) reduce its producer surplus by areas C + F + H.
E) decrease its total output.
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