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The intersection of a firms MR and MC cost determines the level of output at which
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profit is maximized
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An oligopoly is a market in which
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there are only a few sellers, each offering a product similar or identical
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Angelo is a monopolist meatball distributor. Assuming that he is maximizing his profit, which of the following is true?
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Meatball prices will exceed MC
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A fundamental source of monopoly market power arises from
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Barriers to entry
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A natural monopoly occurs when
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there are economies of scale over the relevant range of output
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Patent and copyright laws are major sources of
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government-created monopolies
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Additional firms do not try to compete with a natural monopoly because
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They know they cannot achieve the same low costs that the monopolist enjoys
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When a monopolist increases the amount of output that it produces and sells, the price of its output?
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decreases
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If a monopolist sells 100 units and $8 per unit and has an ATC of $6 per unit , what is the monopolists profit?
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$200
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In which of the following markets is economic profit driven to zero in the long run?
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Monopolistic Competition
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A firm in monopolistically competitive firm is similar to a monopolist in the sense that it
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faces a downward sloping demand curve
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the quantity in markets characterized by oligopoly is
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higher than in monopoly and lower than in perfect competition
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the price in an oligopoly
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lower than in monopoly and higher than in perfect competition
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cartels are difficult to maintain
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There is always tension between cooperation and self interest
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a situation in which firms choose their best strategy given the strategies chosen by the other firms is called
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Nash Equilibrium
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As the number of firms in an oligopoly increases
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The total output produced gets closer to the efficient quantity
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In a game, a dominant strategy is
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the best strategy for a player to follow, regardless of the strategies followed by other players