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  • Price Discrimination
    Selling identical goods to different buyers at varying prices based on their willingness to pay, aiming to boost profits by segmenting markets.
  • Market Power
    Ability of a firm to influence price and output in a market, often necessary for charging different prices to different groups.
  • Single-Price Monopoly
    A market structure where one seller charges all customers the same price, typically resulting in restricted output and deadweight loss.
  • Perfect Price Discrimination
    Charging each buyer their maximum willingness to pay, capturing all potential profit and eliminating deadweight loss.
  • Consumer Surplus
    The difference between what buyers are willing to pay and what they actually pay, often reduced or eliminated under price discrimination.
  • Deadweight Loss
    Lost economic efficiency when potential trades do not occur, often present in monopolies but eliminated with perfect price discrimination.
  • Allocative Efficiency
    A state where resources are distributed optimally, achieved when output matches the level where price equals marginal cost.
  • Marginal Revenue
    The additional income from selling one more unit, crucial for determining optimal output and pricing in monopoly settings.
  • Marginal Cost
    The cost of producing one additional unit, used to find profit-maximizing output in both single-price and price discriminating monopolies.
  • Elastic Demand
    A situation where buyers are sensitive to price changes, often leading firms to charge lower prices to these groups.
  • Inelastic Demand
    A scenario where buyers are less responsive to price changes, allowing firms to charge higher prices to these groups.
  • Market Segmentation
    Dividing buyers into distinct groups based on characteristics like willingness to pay, enabling targeted pricing strategies.
  • Resale Prevention
    Measures taken to stop buyers from reselling goods, ensuring that price discrimination strategies remain effective.
  • Economic Profit
    The surplus remaining after all costs are covered, often increased through effective price discrimination.
  • Willingness to Pay
    The highest price a buyer is prepared to pay for a good, forming the basis for differentiated pricing in monopolistic markets.