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2. If the government wanted to encourage a monopoly to produce the socially efficient quantity, should it use a per-unit
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2. If the government wanted to encourage a monopoly to produce the socially efficient quantity, should it use a per-unit tax or a per-unit subsidy? Explain how this tax or subsidy would achieve the socially efficient level of output. Among the various interested parties-the monopoly firm, the monopoly's consumers, and other taxpayers who would support the policy and who would oppose it? 3. Suppose the Clean Springs Water Company has a monopoly on bottled water sales in California. If the price of tap water increases, what is the change in Clean Springs' profit-maximizing levels of output, price, and profit? Explain in words and with a graph.