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Consider a utility providing water service as a natural monopoly in a city
(16 marks) Consider a utility providing water service as a natural monopoly to residents of a city. The market comprises n identical households, each of which has an inverse demand function of p(a) 27,500 80,000q where q is the number of megalitres (ML) of water demanded annually and p is the price per megalitre (1 ML = 1 ,000m?). Letting w denote total output in megalitres, inverse market demand is p(w) = 27,500-08w and the annual total cost to the...
2018 19 City Water is a natural monopoly that supplies fresh water to a particular city. Its cost and demand information are given below. Total Cost ($) Quantity Price (gallons) ($ per gallon) 1,000 85 35,000 2,000 80 74 3,000 4,000 67 64,000 90,000 113,000 133,000 150,000 5,000 59 6,000 50 An unregulated monopoly will have a of loss: $150,000 profit; $42,000 profit; $162,000 loss: $30,000 问题 20 19 Criticism of command-and-control regulation includes the fact that the regulation does...
9. Regulating a natural monopoly Consider the local cable company, a natural monopoly. The following graph shows the monthly demand curve for cable services and the company's marginal revenue (MR), marginal cost (MC), and average total cost (ATC) curves. Suppose that the government has decided not to regulate this industry, and the firm is free to maximize profits, without constraints. Complete the first row of the following table. Suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to marginal cost. Complete...
A local electric utility provider is a considered by regulators to be a natural monopoly. It has fixed costs of $100 million and a constant marginal cost of $0.25 per KWH. Its demand curve is linear: ?=160−0.00001? where ? is the price per KWH and Q is the quantity demanded by consumers in KWH per year. a. Confirm that this utility provider is a natural monopoly. [HINT: It might be helpful to use Excel for this exercise.] b. Find the...
In the graph below for City Gas, which is a natural monopoly, there are a variety of curves which represent the long run position. A blue curve showing demand, a purple curve showing average cost, a red curve showing marginal cost, and a light green curve showing marginal revenue. As it relates to the marginal revenue curve, what can you tell about the natural monopoly position of City Gas and its marginal revenue situation? City Gas-A Natural Monopoly 8 Demand...
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The reason to regulate a natural monopoly is that a natural monopoly ______________ produce an economically efficient amount of output, ______________ charge a higher price than the perfectly competitive industry, and ______________ have lower average costs than a perfectly competitive industry. A Will not; may; will B Will; will; will C Will not; will not; will not D Will not; will; will E Will; will not; may
Monopoly and Natural Monopoly I'm looking for a scholarly definition about the terms monopoly and natural monopoly (hopefully thats the correct way of asking)? Then What is the comparison and contrast of social costs and benefits of a monopoly?