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Which of the following is true regarding the long run for a firm in monopolistic competition?
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Price equals average total cost
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Relative to a perfect cometitive market with the same cost and demand, a single - price monopolist produces __________ output and has a ___________ price.
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Less, Higher
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A single - price monopoly causes a deadweight loss because it ________
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Restricts its output so it is less than the efficient quantity
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A monopoly
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Raises the price it can charge for its products by decreasing the quantity sold
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Which of the following conditions would prevent price discrimination?
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The inability to identify those customers willing to pay more
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Monopolists are able to price discriminate because
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Of differing willingness to pay amount consumers
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A major difference between a single - price monopolist and a perfectly competitive firm is that the
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Monopolist's marginal revenue is less than price
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Which one of the following statements is true?
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A monopolist will leave the market if it incurs an economic loss in the long run
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The figure above shows the cost, demand, and marginal revenue curve for a monopoly. The firm ________
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Will produce 20 units per day
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The unregulated, single price monopoly shown in the figure above makes a total economic profit of
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$200
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A monopolist can make an economic profit in the long run because of
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Barriers to entry
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Which of the following is a characteristic of monopolistic competition
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Several firms
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In the short run, a firm in a monopolistic competition will produce the amount of output where it's
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Marginal revenue equals marginal cost and will set it's price according to the demand for the output level
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of an Monopoly
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Easy entry and exit
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For a monopoly, the market demand curve is the firms
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Demand curve
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The creation of a monopoly results in the gains to
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Producers at the expense of consumers
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Price discrimination takes place when a firm
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Charges different prices for different units of its products
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And industry in which economies of scale allow one firm to supply the entire market at the lowest possible cost is called a
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Natural monopoly
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A single price monopolist maximize profits by producing the output at which
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Marginal revenue equals marginal cost