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In 2013, a federal judge ruled that Apple colluded with five major U.S. publishers to artificially drive up the prices of e-books (which could be read on Apple's iPad). Apple collects a 30% commission on the price of a book from the publisher. Why would Apple want to help publishers raise their price? Given Apple's commission, what price would a book cartel want to set? (Hint. The marginal cost of an e-book is virtually zero.) Apple wants to help publishers raise their price because Apple's profits are O A. increasing with the number of books sold. O B. largest where the publishers' costs are minimized. OC. higher as efficiency increases. O D. decreasing with the size of commissions. O E. maximized where the publishers' profits are maximized. In this example, a cartel would like to set price by O A. decreasing output to where marginal revenue is maximized. O B. restricting output to where marginal revenue is zero. OC. raising output to where demand is maximized. O D. increasing output to where consumer marginal value is zero. O E. limiting output to where marginal cost is zero. In 2013, a federal judge ruled that Apple colluded with five major U.S. publishers to artificially drive up the prices of e-books (which could be read on Apple's iPad). Apple collects a 30% commission on the price of a book from the publisher. Why would Apple want to help publishers raise their price? Given Apple's commission, what price would a book cartel want to set? (Hint. The marginal cost of an e-book is virtually zero.) Apple wants to help publishers raise their price because Apple's profits are O A. increasing with the number of books sold. O B. largest where the publishers' costs are minimized. OC. higher as efficiency increases. O D. decreasing with the size of commissions. O E. maximized where the publishers' profits are maximized. In this example, a cartel would like to set price by O A. decreasing output to where marginal revenue is maximized. O B. restricting output to where marginal revenue is zero. OC. raising output to where demand is maximized. O D. increasing output to where consumer marginal value is zero. O E. limiting output to where marginal cost is zero.

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