09_Understanding Price Discrimination and Monopolies (micro)

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Price Discrimination

The practice of charging different prices for the same good or service based on customers' willingness to pay or sensitivity to price

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Marginal Revenue

The additional revenue generated from selling one more unit of a product

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Willingness to Pay

A customer's maximum price for a good or service

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Price Elasticity of Demand

The responsiveness of the quantity demanded to changes in price

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Volume Discounts

A strategy offering lower prices for larger quantities of a product

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Freemium Model

Offering a basic version of a product for free and a premium version for a fee

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Deadweight Loss

The loss in total surplus due to market inefficiency

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Natural Monopoly

A market where a single firm can supply the entire demand at a lower cost than multiple firms due to economies of scale

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Public Ownership

Giving the government control over monopolies to set fair prices and ensure public interest

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X-Efficiency

A regulatory approach allowing monopolies to retain some profits from cost reduction to encourage innovation

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Horizontal Merger

Two firms in the same industry merge to increase market share

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Vertical Merger

Two firms at different production stages merge

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Market Failure

Occurs when a real economy falls short of an ideal economy due to inefficiencies

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