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Using the letter labels on Graph 7.5 above, a firm with these costs and taking a market price of E would have a total cost box of ___________ .
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ESOB
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A Monopolistically Competitive firm's products ________________ .
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are differentiated
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There are many benefits of pure competition for society and consumers.
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True
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_________________ -- A large number of buyers and sellers in the market, none of whom can individually affect the price of the product or service being bought or sold.
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Pure competition
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Price (set by the market in pure competition) always remains the same.
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True
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Figure 7.1 Competitive supply and demand relationships, industry and firm.
The equilibrium quantity for this industry is _______ units.
The equilibrium quantity for this industry is _______ units.
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300
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If output is three units, then MR > MC > AVC and output should be _________ .
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increased
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This addition of three more units sold will increase average revenue by the amount of the price of a single product.
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True
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Figure 7.1 Competitive supply and demand relationships, industry and firm
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false
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Within pure competition there is ___________ societal and individual benefits achieved as envisioned by Adam Smith in the invisible hand concept.
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maximum
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In the table above the output level where the price minus ATC (average total cost) is a maximum (or least negative) is the maximum profit position. This occurs at an output of ________ units.
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4
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If this firm produced at Q = 1, then it would incur a loss of $ ______.
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0
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Pure competition is important to economists because it is __________________ .
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the most efficient allocation of resources
the easiest model to study
the "standard" of comparison to measure for maximum efficiency
all the above***
the easiest model to study
the "standard" of comparison to measure for maximum efficiency
all the above***
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If a pure competition firm is producing where MR>MC>AVC, the firm will increase profits or reduce losses by ______________ the level of production
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increasing
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__________ competition assumes perfect mobility of goods/services (all goods and services can be delivered anywhere in the world).
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perfect