A. Equals the demand curve
B. Is parallel with the demand curve
C. Lies below and converges with the demand curve
D. Lies below and diverges from the demand curve
Monopoly
In monopoly in long run equilibrium ?
A. The firm is Productively efficient
B. The firm is allocatively inefficient
C. The firm produces where marginal cost is less than marginal revenue
D. The firm produces at the socially optimal level
In a monopoly which of the following is not true ?
A. Products are differentiated
B. There is freedom of entry and exit into the industry in the long run
C. The firm is a price taker
D. There is one main sellers
According to Schumpeter ?
A. Monopolies are inefficient
B. Monopoly profits ac as an incentive for innovation
C. Monopolies are alocatively efficient
D. Monopolies are productively efficient
In the UK the government ?
A. Bans monopolies
B. Fines all monopolies
C. Prevents firms acquiring more than 25% of the market
D. Has the right to investigate monopolies and will assess each one on its own merits
A firm whose average total cost continually declines at least to the quantity that could supply the entire market is known as a ?
A. natural monopoly
B. perfect competitor
C. government monopoly
D. regulated monopoly
A monopolist maximizes profit by producing the quantity at which ?
A. marginal revenue equals marginal cost
B. marginal revenue equals price
C. marginal cost equals price
D. marginal cost equals demand
E. none of these answers
Compared to a perfectly competitive market a monopoly market will usually generate ?
A. higher prices and lower output
B. higher prices and higher output
C. lower prices and lower output
D. lower prices and higher output
Using government regulations to force a natural monopoly to charge a price equal to his marginal cost will ?
A. Cause the monopolist to exit the market
B. improve efficieny
C. raise the price of good
D. attract additional firms to enter the market
Public ownership of natural monopolies ?
A. tends to be inefficient.
B. usually lowers the cost of production dramatically.
C. creates synergies between the newly acquired firm and other government-owned companies.
D. does none of the things described in these answers