Micro Economics For Today
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ISBN: 9781337613064
Author: Tucker, Irvin B.
Publisher: Cengage,
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Chapter 9, Problem 4SQ
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Monopolistically competitive firms are most likely to have profits:A. That are higher than competitive firms’ profit in the long run.B. Higher in the long run than in the short run.C. Zero in the long runD. Equal to the profit of a monopolist.
For a monopolist,
a. price is always less than the MC of the good.
b. marginal revenue is always less than the price of the good.
c. marginal cost is always greater than average total cost.
d. marginal revenue equals marginal cost at the point where total revenue is maximized.
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a)Draw the cost curves for a typical firm. Explain how a competitive firm chooses the level of output that maximizes profit. At that level of output, show on your graph the firm’s total revenue and total cost.
b)Draw the demand curve, marginal revenue curve, average total cost curve, and marginal-cost curve for a monopolist. Show the profit-maximizing level of output, the profit-maximizing price, and the amount of profit.
c)Why the demand curve for a firm operating in monopolistic competition is more elastic compared to the firm operating as a monopoly.
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Micro Economics For Today
Ch. 9.1 - Prob. 1GECh. 9.1 - Prob. 2GECh. 9.2 - Prob. 1YTECh. 9.4 - Prob. 1YTECh. 9 - Prob. 1SQPCh. 9 - Prob. 2SQPCh. 9 - Prob. 3SQPCh. 9 - Prob. 4SQPCh. 9 - Prob. 5SQPCh. 9 - Prob. 6SQP
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