題組內容
3. Pricing Strategy of a Monopoly (26%)
Planet Gym is the only gym in town. Providing a session of workout to a customer is at a marginal cost of $c$. This marginal cost is perfect information. The gym is large enough so that even in peak hours there is no externality between the customers.¹
Planet Gym has two forms of feasible pricing strategies. It can set a uniform price per session for all customers with free entrance, or it can set a two-part tariff with a membership fee and a price per session conditional on paying the membership fee.
The market demand of gym session at price $p$ per session is $q = \Delta - \delta \cdot p$. The market demand is perfect information. To guarantee existence of an equilibrium, assume that $\Delta > \delta \cdot c$.
3-3. The Optimal Pricing Strategy (6%)
From what you have found in 3-1 and 3-2, what is the optimal pricing strategy for the Planet Gym? Is the optimal pricing strategy efficient from the social perspective? Is the optimal pricing strategy also the best for the customers? Briefly explain.
¹ This assumption might not be realistic, but it allows us to focus on what we are really interested to analyze.