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if the market price is $20, the firm's profit maximizing output is ____ units
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1350
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if the market price is $20, and the firm is maximizing profit, the firm's average total cost is
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$15
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Quantity. TC. VC.
0. $1,000. $0
100. 1,300. 300
200. 1,500. 500
300. 2,000. 1,000
400. 2,700. 1,700
500. 4,000. 3,000
600. 5,800. 4,800
-----If the market price is $7 per unit, the profit-maximizing quantity is ___ units
0. $1,000. $0
100. 1,300. 300
200. 1,500. 500
300. 2,000. 1,000
400. 2,700. 1,700
500. 4,000. 3,000
600. 5,800. 4,800
-----If the market price is $7 per unit, the profit-maximizing quantity is ___ units
answer
400
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Quantity. TC. VC.
0. $1,000. $0
100. 1,300. 300
200. 1,500. 500
300. 2,000. 1,000
400. 2,700. 1,700
500. 4,000. 3,000
600. 5,800. 4,800
---- In the short run, the firm will shut down if the market price falls below
0. $1,000. $0
100. 1,300. 300
200. 1,500. 500
300. 2,000. 1,000
400. 2,700. 1,700
500. 4,000. 3,000
600. 5,800. 4,800
---- In the short run, the firm will shut down if the market price falls below
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$2.50
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The demand curve for an individual seller's product in perfect competition is
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perfectly elastic
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which of the statements below make the following sentence a correct statement? The current market price is $3 per pound of pears, but...
a) the place will fall in the long run as a result in the decrease in demand
b) the price will fall in the long run as new firms enter the market
c) the price will increase in the future as the market demand increases
d) the firm will be able to increase the price in the future
e) the price will increase in the future as the pear industry in monopolistically competitive
a) the place will fall in the long run as a result in the decrease in demand
b) the price will fall in the long run as new firms enter the market
c) the price will increase in the future as the market demand increases
d) the firm will be able to increase the price in the future
e) the price will increase in the future as the pear industry in monopolistically competitive
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b
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if a typical firm in a perfectly competitive industry losses, then
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some firms will exit in the long run, causing market supply to decrease and market price to rise, increasing profits for the remaining firms
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a local electricity-distribution company has a monopoly that is protected by an entry barrier that takes the form of
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economies of scale
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what is a network externality? A network externality refers to
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a situation in which a product's usefulness depends on the number of people using it
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which is the economically efficient output level?
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940 units
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what is the profit maximizing output level?
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600 units
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What is the difference between the monopoly's price and the perfectly competitive (efficient) price?
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the monopoly's price is higher by $13
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a monopoly differs from monopolistic competition in that
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in a monopoly there are significant entry barriers but there are low barriers to entry in a monopolistically competitive market structure
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a merger between BMW and Mercedes Benz would be an example of a
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horizontal merger
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when the government reviews a proposed merger between two companies, the relevant market is defined by.....
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whether or not there are close substitutes for the products of the two firms
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for a monopolistically competitive firm, marginal revenue
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is less than the price
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when a monopolistically competitive firm cuts its price to increase its sales, it experiences a loss in revenue due to the
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price effect
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suppose the monopolistically competitive firm represented in the diagram above produces positive output. What is the profit maximizing (loss-minimizing) output level?
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630 units
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what is the price charges at the profit maximizing (loss-minimizing) output level?
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$68
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what is the profit / loss?
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loss of $4,410
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a major difference between monopolistic and perfect competition is
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that products are not identical in monopolistic competition unlike in perfect competition
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if firms in an monopolistically competitive industry are making profits in the short run, then
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new firms will enter the market