1. ** Monopoly and welfare: A small country town is served by many competing fruit and vegetable shops, who all have the same marginal costs. They then get together and decide to operate as one large monopoly firm. Using the diagram below, answer the following questions:
2. What was the equilibrium price and quantity in this market when the firms were competing against each other? What is the new price and quantity once they form a monopoly?
3. What was the dollar value of the consumer and producer surplus under (i) perfect competition, and (ii) under monopoly? What, if any, is the size of the deadweight loss under monopoly?