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A-LevelEconomicsMicroeconomics: Market StructuresMay/June 2018Paper 3 Q121 Mark

An airline sells seats at $100 each three months before a flight, at $150 each one month before the flight and at $200 each the day before the flight. What describes this type of market behaviour by the firm? A limit pricing to deter entry in an imperfect market B price discrimination by a monopoly supplier C price leadership by an oligopolist D pricing where price equals average cost under perfect competition

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About This A-Level Economics Question

This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Economics (9708) May/June 2018 examination, Paper 3 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Microeconomics: Market Structures and is worth 1 mark.

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