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When a monopolist faces two types of outwardly indistinguishable consumers, one with a higher willingness to pay then the other, then, by using non-linear pricing, the monopolist will extract the entire consumer surplus from the customer with the high willingness to pay and only part of the surplus from the customer with the lower willingness to pay. True or False?

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          When a monopolist faces two types of outwardly indistinguishable consumers, one with a higher willingness to pay then the other, then, by using non-linear pricing, the monopolist will extract the entire consumer surplus from the customer with the high willingness to pay and only part of the surplus from the customer with the lower willingness to pay. True or False?

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Gregory Mankiw 8th Edition

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When a monopolist faces two types of outwardly indistinguishable consumers, one with a higher willingness to pay then the other, then, by using non-linear pricing, the monopolist will extract the entire consumer surplus from the customer with the high willingness to pay and only part of the surplus from the customer with the lower willingness to pay. True or False?