# Consider a monopoly art museum that has two representative consumers with the demands P=16-2Q...

Consider a monopoly art museum that has two representative consumers with the demands P=16-2Q (for Consumer A) and P=10-2Q (for Consumer B). The museum's marginal cost is $2 per visit. a. If the museum practices first degree two-part pricing, what will be the prices charged to each consumer type? ## Two-Part Tariff: Two-part tariff is a pricing strategy that could be employed by a monopolist to extract more profit from consumer than an ordinary monopolist. The pricing strategy involves a one-time fee for access to the product and a constant unit price. ## Answer and Explanation: a. The museum will charge a fee of$49 to consumer A and a fee of $16 to consumer B. The optimal two-part pricing is to set (1) the entry fee equal to consumer surplus in a competitive equilibrium; and (2) the unit price to the marginal cost. We first compute the entry fee. In a competitive market, the museum would set price equal to marginal cost, thus the equilibrium quantity for consumer A is: • 16 - 2Q = 2 • Q = 7 So the consumer surplus for consumer A = (16 - 2)*7/2 = 49 For consumer B, the quantity in a competitive equilibrium is: • 10 - 2Q = 2 • Q = 4 So the consumer surplus for consumer B = (10 - 2)*4 / 2 = 16 Hence, the museum should charge a fee of$49 to consumer A and $16 to consumer B, and set a price per visit to$2.

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