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Elasticity and profit maximization at fixed costs

When a monopolist which does not price discriminate produces output where is demand is unitarily elastic, in that case the firm will: (i) never be capable to maximize profit. (ii) maximize profit only when all costs are fixed. (iii) maximize profit when all costs are variable. (iv) maximize profit when it has only explicit costs.

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