7. How is monopoly different from perfect competition? 8. What is a barrier to entry? Give...
7. How is monopoly different from perfect competition?
8. What is a barrier to entry? Give some examples.
9. What is a natural monopoly?
11. What is predatory pricing?
14. In what sense is a natural monopoly “natural”?
15. How is the demand curve perceived by a perfectly competitive firm different from the demand curve perceived by a monopolist?
16. How does the demand curve perceived by a monopolist compare with the market demand curve?
17. Is a monopolist a price taker? Explain briefly.
18. What is the usual shape of a total revenue curve for a monopolist? Why?
19. What is the usual shape of a marginal revenue curve for a monopolist? Why?
20. How can a monopolist identify the profit-maximizing level of output if it knows its total revenue and total cost curves?
21. How can a monopolist identify the profit-maximizing level of output if it knows its marginal revenue and marginal costs?
22. When a monopolist identifies its profit-maximizing quantity of output, how does it decide what price to charge?
23. Is a monopolist allocatively efficient? Why or why not?
24. How does the quantity produced and price charged by a monopolist compare to that of a perfectly competitive firm?
Homework Answers
7.A monopoly produces a unique product with no close substitutes and perfectly competitive market produces homogeneous products.Monopoly is a price maker and firms in competitive market are price takers.
8.Barriers to entry are economies of scale,patents, copyright.Barriers to entry are condition that restrict entry of new firms in the market.
9.A natural monopoly is a type of monopoly that exists due to the high start-up costs or powerful economies of scale of conducting a business in a specific industry. A company with a natural monopoly might be the only provider or a product or service in an industry or geographic location. Natural monopolies can arise in industries that require unique raw materials, technology, or similar factors to operate.
10.Predatory pricing is setting the price so low that other competitors are forced out of the market,and using unfair means to compete with the existing firms.
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