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the number of firms and whether products are differentiated
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market structures are categorized by:
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monopoly profits can continue in the long run because the monopoly produces more and charges a higher price than the comparable perfectly competitive industry
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which of the following statements about the differences between monopoly and perfect competition is INCORRECT?
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produces a product with no close substitutes
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a monopoly:
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a monopoly has no rivals
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which of the following statements concerning monopoly is TRUE?
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establishing control over diamond mines
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De Beers became a monopoly by:
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less; more
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a monopolist is likely to produce ____ and charge ___ Than a comparable perfectly competitive firm
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government-set barriers
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if you had a license for the exclusive right to sell breakfast bagels in your community, your monopoly would result from:
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market power
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the ability of a monopolist to raise the price of a product above the competitive level by reducing the output is known as:
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increasing returns to sale
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high fixed costs resulting from the enormous quantity of capital used in this system enable decreasing average cost for any conceivable level of demand, your monopoly would result from:
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natural monopolies
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most electric, gas, and water companies are examples of:
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may have economic profits in the long run
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in contrast with perfect competition, a monopolist:
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you own exclusive rights to harvest lemons from all domestic citrus orchards
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you own a lemonade stand in a competitive market, and as such, you are a price-taking firm. which of the following events would most likely increase your market power?
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barriers to entry
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conditions that keep new firms out of a monopoly market area:
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has economies of scales over the entire range of production that is relevant to its market
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a natural monopoly exists whenever a single firm:
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economies of scale
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you have high fixed costs due to the quantity of capital uses to build jets, and average cost is decreasing for all levels of demand. in this case, your monopoly would result from:
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a diamond mining company
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natural monopolies are likely to include all of the following EXCEPT:
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control of scarce resources, economies of scale, and patents and copyrights
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which of the following are barriers to entry?
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earns an economic profit in the long run
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the large barriers to entry are a reason a monopoly:
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MR=MC is a profit maximizing rule for any firm
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which of the following is true?
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$20,000
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wendy has a monopoly in the retailing of motor home. she can sell five per week at $21,000 each. if she wants to sell six, she can charge only $20,000 each. the quantity effect of selling the sixth motor home is:
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-$5,000
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if wendy wants to sell six, she can only charge $20,000 each. the price effect of selling the sixth motor home is:
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$45;$50
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mr. porter sells 10 bottles of champagne per week at $50 per bottle. he can sell 11 bottles per week if he lowers the price to $45 per bottle. the quantity and the price effects on total revenue would be, respectively ,an increase of ______ and a decrease of ____.
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downward-sloping; perfectly elastic
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one of the major differences between a monopolist and a purely competitive firm is that the monopolist has a ____ demand curve, while the purely competitive firm has a ___ demand curve
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downward-sloping
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the demand curve facing a monopolist is:
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increasing; increasing
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a monopolist responds to an increase in demand by ____ price and ____ output.
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increasing; decreasing
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a monopolist responds to an increase in marginal cost by ___ price and ___ output.
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$12
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look at the figure A profit maximizing monopoly firm. this firm's profit per unit it:
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6
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prices and demand table: the marginal cost of producing a hat is $18. suppose he can perfectly price-discriminate. how many hats will he produce?
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$400
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demand and total cost table: the table shows lenoias demand and total cost of producing electricity, to maximize profits. leonia should charge the price of:
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in the long run, economic profits are driven to zero in both a monopoly and a perfectly competitive market
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which of the following statements about monopoly equilibrium and perfectly competitive equilibrium INCORRECT?
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$80
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ppv: assume that the marginal cost and average cost are a constant $20. if the cable company is a monopoly, how much is deadweight loss when the monopolist maximizes profit?
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$40
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demand, revenue, and cost curves table: if the gov wants to regulate the figglenuts R us, such that the entire DWL would be eliminated in the short run, it would impose a price ceiling of:
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monopolies produce too little and charge too much from the standpoint of efficiency
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which of the following TRUE
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increase profits
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a monopolist or an imperfectly competitive firm practices price discrimination primarily to:
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impose a price ceiling to reduce economic profit
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once government policy for dealing with natural monopoly is to:
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higher, less elastic
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price discrimination leads to a ___ price for consumers with a ___ demand:
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price-inelastic; small
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because business travelers demand for airline flights is relatively ____ small increases in price will result in relatively ___ decrease in additional business travelers
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deadweight; reduced
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if the gov allowed only one airline to serve the entire US market, there would be a ___ loss with ____ efficiency in the airline industry:
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a fourth of july sale
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which of the following is NOT an example of price discrimination?
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less elastic
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assuming that this pricing strategy increases the profits of the pool, we can conclude that nonresidents must have a _____ demand for swimming at the pool than residents:
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less price-elastic
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this pricing strategy increases the profits of the community college. using this info, we can conclude that nonresidents must have a ____ demand for attending the community college than residents.
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charge a lower price in US and a higher price in JApan
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if the Japanese steel firm wishes to maximize its profits, it should:
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men;elastic
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suppose the elasticity of demand for tickets to broadway shows is 2.0 for men and 0.3 for women. to use price discrimination to increase profits, the producers should charge lower prices to ___ because their demand is_____.