Monopolist - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Pure monopoly refers to: Answers: A. any market in which the demand curve to the firm is downsloping. B. a standardized product being produced by many firms. C. a single firm producing a product for which there are no close substitutes. D. a large number of firms producing a differentiated product. - ANSWER C. a single firm producing a product for which there are no close substitutes. Which of the following is correct? A. Both purely competitive and monopolistic firms are "price tak...

American Military University ECON 201 ECON201 FINAL EXAM Question 1 of 29 One defining characteristic of pure monopoly is that: • A. The monopolist is a price taker • B. The monopolist uses advertising • C. The monopolist produces a product with no close substitutes • D. There is relatively easy entry into the industry, but exit is difficult Question 2 of 29 Which is a barrier to entry? • A. Close substitutes • B. Diseconomies of scale • C. Government licensing ...

a monopoly is distinguished from a firm operating under any other market structure in the following way: correct answers the monopoly faces a demand curve which is equal to the market demand curve suppose a monopolist is practicing perfect price discrimination. how does this differ from the situation where this firm is charging a single price for its product? correct answers the firm is producing a higher quantity, is charging a different price for each unit sold and is earning higher profits...

currently is charging 25 cents per cup, but she wants to adjust her price to earn the $50 faster. If you know that the demand for lemonade is elastic, what is your advice to her? - ANSWER Lower the price to increase total revenue For which of the following goods is the income elasticity of demand likely lowest? - ANSWER water Assume that a 4 percent increase in income results in a 2 percent increase in the quantity demanded of a good. The income elasticity of demand for the good is - ANSWE...

CSU AREC 202 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED THE rule (and its variations): How is the optimal level of any activity (for consumers, firms or governments) determined? Marginal cost = marginal benefit On the 2x2 efficiency table: What effect on efficiency (total surplus) do government interventions have in a market in which originally the government had not intervened? Market works well - marginal benefit =marginal cost total surplus was maximized, and the governme...

American Military University ECON 201 ECON201 FINAL EXAM Question 1 of 29 One defining characteristic of pure monopoly is that: • A. The monopolist is a price taker • B. The monopolist uses advertising • C. The monopolist produces a product with no close substitutes • D. There is relatively easy entry into the industry, but exit is difficult Question 2 of 29 Which is a barrier to entry? • A. Close substitutes • B. Diseconomies of scale • C. Government licensing ...

gains monopoly power when: - barriers to entry can be erected and maintained. A natural monopoly can: - supply the entire market at a lower cost than many competing firms. A monopolist maximizes short-run profit by producing the level of output where: - MR = MC. A monopolist that earns positive economic profit in the short run will: - earn positive economic profit in the long run if it can maintain barriers to entry, assuming no changes in costs or market demand. The graph illust...

Production Possibility Frontier Supply and demand diagram showing equilibrium Supply and demand surplus Increase in demand Decrease in demand Increase in supply Decrease in supply Consumer surplus Producer surplus Inelastic demand Elastic demand Unitary elastic demand Perfectly elastic demand Perfectly inelastic demand Inelastic supply Elastic supply Substitutes diagram Ad valorem tax Tax diagram Subsi...

Topic 10 Monopoly Assignment 1 1. Which of the following suppliers is most likely to be a monopolist? A water company 2. Which of the following scenarios best represents the pricing behavior of a monopolist? Our Drugs Inc. produces where its marginal revenue is equal to its marginal cost and prices on its downward-sloping demand curve, such that the market for its product clears knowing it will not face competition due to patents it holds on its products. 3. The table below shows the dem...

What is the shape of the demand curve faced by a perfectly competitive firm? - Horizontal A profit-maximizing competitive firm will produce up to the point which...... - marginal revenue equals marginal cost. A competitive firm is said to maximize its profit when....... - the price is equal to marginal cost. In the presence of technology spillovers, the market tends to ____________ and _____________ the product relative to societies best interest. - underproduce, overprice Suppose th...