Market Failure Due to Monopoly Pricing
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Market Failure Due to Monopoly Pricing: Another short, but very important section. Here the main point is the deadweight loss caused by the exercise of market power in the monopoly model. It is worth taking the time to work very carefully through the specifics of a numerical example like the one shown in Figure 9.5. It is a good idea to link this discussion back to the treatment of efficiency from the previous chapter. Students should be reminded about the result from Figure 8.12 and how it relates to the diagram in Figure 9.5.

