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Demand and Total Revenue
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Price times Quantity
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Market Revenue
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Change in Total Revenue / Change in Quantity
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Monopolistic Competition is
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Downward Sloping
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Profit Maximization is
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MR = MC
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Marginal Revenue is always
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below Demand
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Profit maximizing price is $75. ATC is $25 so,
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The firm makes an economic profit of $6250 a day. ($50 * 125)
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Why is Monopolistic Competition different than Monopoly?
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Free Entry and Exit (will create a decrease for demand in the firms product)
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When Demand decreases?
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Price decreases until there are normal profits or economic profit equals zero.
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Difference between Perfect Competition and Monopolistic Competition is?
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1. Excess Capacity (Marginal Cost = Average Total Cost at minimum ATC). 2. Price Markup
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Monopolistic Competition - Long Run?
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Lower Quantity and Higher price (P > MR)
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Advertising and Marketing, How does this affect Monopolistic Competition?
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Can increase demand by advertising.
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Advertising costs are?
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1. Fixed cost. 2. Raise the ATC of productions. 3. Increases by greater amount at small outputs. 4. By increasing the quantity bought, advertising can lower average total cost.
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Monopolistic competition is a market structure in which?
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a large number of firms compete.
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Firms in monopolistic competition determine the profit maximizing level of output by producing?
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When marginal revenue equals marginal cost
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Advertising cost is a _____ cost that is incurred by _____?
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Fixed; monopolistically competitive firms
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How do advertising and other selling costs affect a firm?
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They shift the average total cost curve upward.
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The players in a game theory situation often DO NOT act in their joint interest because?
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It is not in each player's self interest to cooperate.
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What is the conclusion in the prisoner's dilemma?
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Two prisoners acting in their own best interest harm their joint interest.
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Which of the following statements are true of Monopolistic Competition?
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Firms receives zero economic profits in the long-run and market prices are higher and output is lower than under perfect competition.
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In monopolistic competition, each firm supplies a small part of the market. This occurs because?
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There are a large number of firms.
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If a monopolistically competitive seller's marginal cost is $3.56, the firm will decrease its output if?
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it marginal revenue is less than $3.56.