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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

opic 10 Monopoly Assignment 1 1. Which of the following suppliers is most likely to be a monopolist? A water company 2. Which of the following scenarios best represents the pricing behavior of a monopolist? Our Drugs Inc. produces where its marginal revenue is equal to its marginal cost and prices on its downward-sloping demand curve, such that the market for its product clears knowing it will not face competition due to patents it holds on its products. 3. The table below shows the dema...

1. The graphs shows the marginal cost (MC) and the average total cost (ATC) curves for a typical firm competing in the monopolistically competitive market for frozen foods. The long – run equilibrium would occur at an output level of _______ thousand cases and price would be ______ 4/6.5 2. In a monopolistically competitive market, the closer the substitutes are each other, the ________ elastic each firm’s demand curve will be. More 3. Monopolistically competitive markets: Combine c...

Topic 9 Perfect Competition Assignment 1 1. Which of the following markets is most likely to be perfectly competitive?  The market for mushrooms 2. Which of the following markets is most likely to be perfectly competitive?  The market for rock salt 3. What are the likely reason(s) that the market for electricity is not perfectly competitive?  It is difficult to enter or exit the industry as a supplier.  There are few sellers in the market. 4. What are the likely reason(s) tha...

opic 8 – Production Assignment 1 1. Which of the following is an implicit cost of owning and operating a farm? The money a farmer could earn by working for someone else 2. Barney decides to quit his job as a corporate accountant, which pays $10,000 a month, and goes into business for himself as a certified public accountant. He runs his business from his converted garage apartment, which he could rent out for $300 a month if he wasn’t using it as a home office. He must purchase office ...

. Which of the following are characteristics of a contestable firm?  No real barriers to entry  A single firm 2. A pure ______ is the only seller in a market Monopoly 3. Impediments that prevent firms from entering a market or industry are known as: Barriers to entry 4. Consider the market shown below The deadweight loss that results from monopoly production is area A 5. One of the roles of a government is to limit the market power of monopolies or even to eliminate them entirel...

Topic 11 Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly Videos1

Topic 11 Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly Videos1

Topic 10 Monopoly Videos 1 study guide