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Optimal Pricing for Natural Monopoly
• Marginal Cost pricing implies losses and the need for subsidy
• Optimal second-best pricing (Ramsey Pricing)
Ramsey Pricing
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Cross-Subsidization and Ramsey Pricing
• Stand-Alone Cost test (SAC)
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The Incremental-Cost Test
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