Question .1 Is a monopolistically competitive firm productively efficient? Is it allocatively efficient? Why or why...
a) Why is a monopolistically competitive firm less efficient than a perfectly competitive firm? It produces at an output that is lower than its minimum efficient scale (MES) It earns positive economic profits in the long run It deters entry of new firms by putting up entry barriers All of the answers are correct b) Suppose a monopolistically competitive firm has MC=4Q+5. Its demand is P=145-3Q and marginal revenue is MR=145-6Q. What is its profit-maximizing output level? 17 14 16...
1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a monopolistically competitive market?A. many sellers.B. differentiated products.C. long-run economic profits.D. free entry and exit.2. Which of the following products is likely to be sold in a monopolistically competitive market?A. video games.B. breakfast cereal.E. beer.D. all of the above.3. Which of the following is true regarding the similarities and differences in monopolistic competition and monopoly?A. The monopolist faces a downward-sloping demand curve while the monopolistic competitor faces an elastic demand...
QUESTION 2 The demand curve faced by a monopolistically competitive firm is: flat. kinked. upward-sloping. downward-sloping QUESTION 3 Without a product differentiation, the demand curve for a monopolistically competitive firm would look like that of: O a monopoly firm. O a perfectly competitive firm. an oligopoly firm. a duopoly firm. QUESTION 4 Aside from advertising, how can monopolistically competitive firms increase demand for their products?! government edict. increasing its price. decreasing its price. Increasing the number of locations where it...
QUESTION 6 In the short run, a monopolistically competitive firm. O makes profits just as it does in the long run because of barriers to entry O will earn zero economic because of free entry and exit. O produces where MR-MC O produces where PEMC QUESTION 7 In the long run, a monopolistically competitive firm: O makes profits just as it does in the short run because of barriers to entry will earn zero economic because of free entry and...
Explain why a monopolistically competitive firm should be operating below the minimum efficient scale.
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Question 32 (1 point) Because a monopolistically competitive firm has some market power, in the long-run what does the price of its good exceed? its average u its average total cost its marginal cost its profit per unit Question 33 (1 point) In monopolistically competitive markets, what does the property of free entry and exit suggest? The market structure will eventually be characterized by perfect competition in the long run. O All firms earn zero economic...
27. Use the chart below of a monopolistically compe ons on the below Ora monopolistically competitive firm to answer the (5 points cach. JO points to MC ATC (A) In the chart on the left, show the quantity of output for a firm that would maximize its profits (or minimize its losses) in the short run. Label this quantity qon the quantity axis. (B) I In the chart on the left, show the MR firm's price at the quantity q*...
Question 1 A monopolistically competitive industry has all of the following characteristics except there are no barriers to entry. strategic behavior. product differentiation, a large number of firms. Question 2 In a monopolistically competitive industry, firms are large relative to the total market. firms are small relative to the total market. firms can be either large or small relative to the total market. there is only one firm. Question 3 Product differentiation can be used by firms to do all...
1l. If a monopolistically competitive firm is incurring losses, then at the profit-max a price is above the average total cost curve. b. price is below the average total cost curve c. price is equal to marginal revenue. d. price is less than marginal revenue. e. average total cost equals marginal cost. Both competitive and monopolistically competitive firms a. can maximize profit by raising price. b. cannot control or set their own price c. can maximize profit by producing to...
Question 9 0/1 pts To maximize profit, a monopolistically competitive firm will produce where marginal revenue equals price. price equals marginal cost. marginal revenue equals marginal cost. price equals average total cost.