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Question 18
MR= AR in perfect competition. MR= Market price as a perfectly competitive firm is a price taker whose demand curve is perfectly elastic. The perfectly competitive firm has no control over the market price and can sell any amount of output at the prevailing price.
Question 20
Infinite elasticity as the demand curve facing a perfectly competitive firm is horizontal. The quantity is highly responsive to change in price.
Question 21
Monopolistic competition. These firms have features of perfect competition and monopoly. The number of sellers are large and entry and exit is free just like in perfect competition. But, like monopoly, they sell slightly differentiated products. Examples are cereals, detergents etc.
Question 22
Equal to the marginal revenue product.
Question 23
Upward sloping. In monopsony there is a single employer.
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Question 18 2 pts The marginal revenue received by a firm in a perfectly...
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Question 31 2.5 pts 31. A firm in a perfectly competitive industry has total revenue of $200,000 per year when producing 1,000 units of output per year. In this case its average revenue is $200 and its marginal revenue is __ zero. also $200 less than $200. O greater than $200 Question 32 2.5 pts 32. In a perfectly competitive industry, the market price of the product is $12.Firm A is producing the output at which average total cost equals...
Question 7 5 pts Let's say that you know the following information for an oligopoly firm:...
Question 7 5 pts Let's say that you know the following information for an oligopoly firm: Total Revenue equals $200 million. Variable Costs are $170 million. Fixed Costs equal $20 million. The firm is currently producing 2,000 products at the MC = MR point (and the MC curve is rising). What recommendation do you have for this firm? Assuming the firm's costs remain the same, the firm should produce fewer products in order to decrease its marginal costs. The profit...
The demand curve for a perfectly competitive firm options: is upward sloping. is perfectly horizontal. is...
The demand curve for a perfectly competitive firm options: is upward sloping. is perfectly horizontal. is perfectly vertical. maybe downward or upward sloping, depending upon the type of product offered for sale. In the short run, the best policy for a perfectly competitive firm is to Question 17 options: shut down its operation if the price ever falls below average total cost. produce and sell its product as long as price is greater than average variable cost. shut down its...
D Question 25 1 pts Price in a perfectly competitive industry is determined by each firm,...
D Question 25 1 pts Price in a perfectly competitive industry is determined by each firm, depending on its costs of production. O is indeterminate in the short run is always equal to marginal revenue for the firm. O must be greater than average total cost or the firm will shut down in the short run.
30. The change in total revenue that results fr A. Marginal cost. B, Marginal revenue C....
30. The change in total revenue that results fr A. Marginal cost. B, Marginal revenue C. Marginal profit. D. Total revenue erease in qipntity sold is: 31. For a monopolist, marginal revenue is A. Equal to price, just as it is for a perfectly competitiy B. Constant up to the rate of output that maximizes tot i C. Always less than price, after the first unit. D. The same as the demand curve. loral 32. For a monopolist, after the...
price is less than the average variable cost and the marginal cost must be falling O...
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(1) (2) (3) (4) Units of Quantity of Product Factor X Output Price Marginal Revenue Product...
(1) (2) (3) (4) Units of Quantity of Product Factor X Output Price Marginal Revenue Product 0 $12 o 1 10 $12 (A) 2 18 $12 (B) 3 25 $12 (C) 28 $12 (D) price, thus we are dealing with a(n) The data show that marginal revenue is competitive firm. O greater than; perfectly equal to perfectly o less than; perfectly O equal to; imperfectly
For a perfectly competitive firm, marginal revenue equals marginal cost at 250 units of output. At...
For a perfectly competitive firm, marginal revenue equals marginal cost at 250 units of output. At 250 units, price is greater than average variable cost. It necessarily follows that the Select one: a. marginal cost curve must have an upward-sloping portion and a downward-sloping portion. b. firm must be earning a profit. c. firm should continue to produce in the short run. d. firm should shut down its operation in the short run Next page Seo w
In the long run, all of the firms in a perfectly competitive industry will: exit the...
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1.Value of marginal product differs from marginal revenue product in each of the following except __________....
1.Value of marginal product differs from marginal revenue product in each of the following except __________. A. monopoly B. oligopoly C. perfect competition D. monopolistic competition 2.If the firm operates in markets that are not perfectly competitive, what will the price will tend to be? A. Equal to marginal revenue B. Less than marginal revenue C. Greater than marginal revenue D. The same as the competitive market 3.At every level of input, the marginal revenue product of the input equals...
Question 31 2.5 pts 31. A firm in a perfectly competitive industry has total revenue of $200,000 per year when producing 1,000 units of output per year. In this case its average revenue is $200 and its marginal revenue is __ zero. also $200 less than $200. O greater than $200 Question 32 2.5 pts 32. In a perfectly competitive industry, the market price of the product is $12.Firm A is producing the output at which average total cost equals...
Question 7 5 pts Let's say that you know the following information for an oligopoly firm: Total Revenue equals $200 million. Variable Costs are $170 million. Fixed Costs equal $20 million. The firm is currently producing 2,000 products at the MC = MR point (and the MC curve is rising). What recommendation do you have for this firm? Assuming the firm's costs remain the same, the firm should produce fewer products in order to decrease its marginal costs. The profit...
D Question 25 1 pts Price in a perfectly competitive industry is determined by each firm, depending on its costs of production. O is indeterminate in the short run is always equal to marginal revenue for the firm. O must be greater than average total cost or the firm will shut down in the short run.
30. The change in total revenue that results fr A. Marginal cost. B, Marginal revenue C. Marginal profit. D. Total revenue erease in qipntity sold is: 31. For a monopolist, marginal revenue is A. Equal to price, just as it is for a perfectly competitiy B. Constant up to the rate of output that maximizes tot i C. Always less than price, after the first unit. D. The same as the demand curve. loral 32. For a monopolist, after the...
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