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Price

Discrimination
Price discrimination

First-degree
price discrimination
First-degree price discrimination
P

P1

O 200 Q
First-degree price discrimination
P

P1

O 200 Q
Price discrimination

Third-degree
price discrimination
Third-degree price discrimination
P

Revenue from
a single price

P1

O 200 Q
Third-degree price discrimination
P
Increased revenue
from price
discrimination
A higher discriminatory
P2 price is now introduced

P1

O 150 200 Q
Price discrimination

Profit maximisation
under third-degree
price discrimination
Profit-maximising output under
third degree price discrimination

DX
O O O
MRX

(a) Market X
Profit-maximising output under
third degree price discrimination

DY
DX MRY
O O O
MRX

(a) Market X (b) Market Y


Profit-maximising output under
third degree price discrimination

DY
DX MRY MRT
O O O
MRX

(a) Market X (b) Market Y (c) Total


(markets X + Y)
Profit-maximising output under
third degree price discrimination

MC

DY
DX MRY MRT
O O O
MRX

(a) Market X (b) Market Y (c) Total


(markets X + Y)
Profit-maximising output under
third degree price discrimination

MC

DY
DX MRY MRT
O O O 3000
MRX

(a) Market X (b) Market Y (c) Total


(markets X + Y)
Profit-maximising output under
third degree price discrimination

MC

5
DY
DX MRY MRT
O O O 3000
MRX

(a) Market X (b) Market Y (c) Total


(markets X + Y)
Profit-maximising output under
third degree price discrimination

MC

5
DY
DX MRY MRT
O 1000 O O 3000
MRX

(a) Market X (b) Market Y (c) Total


(markets X + Y)
Profit-maximising output under
third degree price discrimination

MC

5
DY
DX MRY MRT
O 1000 O 2000 O 3000
MRX

(a) Market X (b) Market Y (c) Total


(markets X + Y)
Profit-maximising output under
third degree price discrimination

MC

5
DY
DX MRY MRT
O 1000 O 2000 O 3000
MRX

(a) Market X (b) Market Y (c) Total


(markets X + Y)
Profit-maximising output under
third degree price discrimination

MC

9
7
5
DY
DX MRY MRT
O 1000 O 2000 O 3000
MRX

(a) Market X (b) Market Y (c) Total


(markets X + Y)

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