There is only one manufacturer of dragon glass swords in Westeros: Deanerys' Dragon-lord Swords, inc. These swords are produced at a constant marginal and average cost of 100 pennies per sword and the market demand is Q=80 - .2P.
a. What is the equilibrium price if DDS swords produces as a single price monopolist?
b. Suppose the government imposes a 20 penny tax per sword on the production of dragon swords. How much revenue will be raised by the tax? How much surplus value will be lost? How much profit will DDS lose?
c. The market demand curve above is the sum of 20 identical individual demand curves Q = 4 - .01P. Suppose DDS swords was a perfect price discriminator. What is the equilibrium price for a package of three swords?
d. Suppose the government imposes the same 20 penny tax per sword on the production of dragon swords. How much revenue would be raised by the tax? How much surplus value will the consumer lose? How much profit will DDS lose?
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