Managerial economics
(A)Can a monopolist incur loss in short run? Why?
(B) Can we derive the supply curve of the monopolist from its marginal cost curve in the same way that it was derived for a perfectly competitive firm? Why?
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1. A single firm in a perfectly competitive market is a price taker? True or False. Explain with examples. 2. What is the supply curve of a perfectly competitive firm? Is it different from that of the market supply curve? Explain. 3.If a firm makes a loss in the short run, then it would shut down? If no, discuss. If yes, discuss.Offer examples 4. Does the monopolist have a supply curve? Discuss
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Question 2: Consider a firm in a perfectly competitive market that should produce a positive quantity...
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Name 1. Describe a perfectly competitive market structure in terms of number of firms, ease of...
Name 1. Describe a perfectly competitive market structure in terms of number of firms, ease of entry a and product differentiation. 2. Draw the short-ran cost and revenue curves for a firm making an economic profit in a perfectly petitive industry. Show the firm's short-run supply curve. 3. Why might a firm continue to produce at a loss in the short na instead of shutting down? a perfectly competitive firm will make an economie profit in the short b. fP-...
14) Which company is most likely to be less efficiently managed? a) U.S. Postal Service b) UPS c)...
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14) Which company is most likely to be less efficiently managed? a) U.S. Postal Service b) UPS c) FedEx d) AppleS IC AC AVC 30 20 4 10 20 30A 40 50 60 70 80 67 OUTPUT 34 79 The following questions 14 to 16 are based on the above graph 15) The profit-maximizing output is: a) 30 b) 54. c) 60 d) 67 e) 79 16) At the...
1.) What is the main difference between a competitive firm and a monopoly? a. A competitive...
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1. Let the market demand curve be P=1000 - 10Q. Assume the market is controlled by...
1. Let the market demand curve be P=1000 - 10Q. Assume the market is controlled by a monopolist. Let fixed cost be $10,000 and Marginal Costs (MC)=20Q. a) What is the profit maximizing output? b) What is the monopolist's total revenue at the profit maximizing output? c) How much profit is the monopolist earning? d) Assume the government breaks up the monopolist in order to create a perfectly competitive market of identical firms. Assume the MC curve is now the...
please answer all 16. To say that a firm is a price taker means that: a....
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16. To say that a firm is a price taker means that: a. the firm's demand curve is perfectly inelastic b. the firm's marginal revenue curve is downward sloping c. the firm's average total cost curve is horizontal d. the firm can alter its output without influencing price e. all of the above 17. In a perfectly competitive market, the demand curve facing the firm is: a. identical to the market demand curve b. perfectly clastic even...
Which of the following is true with respect to a perfectly competitive firm? It will make small economic profits always or go out of business A perfectly competitive firm has a perfectly inelastic demand curve At profit maximization the perfectly competitive firm operates where total revenue is maximized as well The perfectly competitive firms supply curve is its marginal cost curve above AVC All of the above are true with respect to a perfectly competitive firm Question 5 1 pts...
The monopolist chooses to produce: O at an inefficient outcome. where marginal cost equals marginal revenue. at a lower quantity than the perfectly competitive firm. O All of these statements are true. In the short run, monopolistically competitive firms: will earn zero economic profits by acting like a monopolist. O can earn positive economic profits by acting like a perfectly competitive firm. will earn zero economic profits by acting like a perfectly competitive firm. can earn positive economic profits by...
Name 1. Describe a perfectly competitive market structure in terms of number of firms, ease of entry a and product differentiation. 2. Draw the short-ran cost and revenue curves for a firm making an economic profit in a perfectly petitive industry. Show the firm's short-run supply curve. 3. Why might a firm continue to produce at a loss in the short na instead of shutting down? a perfectly competitive firm will make an economie profit in the short b. fP-...
Please answer all multiple choices . i would be very
thankful
14) Which company is most likely to be less efficiently managed? a) U.S. Postal Service b) UPS c) FedEx d) AppleS IC AC AVC 30 20 4 10 20 30A 40 50 60 70 80 67 OUTPUT 34 79 The following questions 14 to 16 are based on the above graph 15) The profit-maximizing output is: a) 30 b) 54. c) 60 d) 67 e) 79 16) At the...
please answer all
16. To say that a firm is a price taker means that: a. the firm's demand curve is perfectly inelastic b. the firm's marginal revenue curve is downward sloping c. the firm's average total cost curve is horizontal d. the firm can alter its output without influencing price e. all of the above 17. In a perfectly competitive market, the demand curve facing the firm is: a. identical to the market demand curve b. perfectly clastic even...
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