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Chapter 8 Self-test questions
Different market forms
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Market share is measured by:
Sales of a product or business as % of total market sales
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Total market sales as a % of a product's sales
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Profits of one business as % of total market profits
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Profits as % of total market size
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What of the following is not true in perfect competition?
Normal profits are earned in the long run
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There are many buyers and sellers
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There are barriers to entry
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Customers have perfect information
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What of the following is not true in perfect competition?
All units are sold at the same price
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Price equals marginal revenue
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There are only a few businesses in the market
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Businesses are price takers
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What happens in the long run in perfect competition?
Abnormal profits are earned
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Businesses are allocatively inefficient
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A firm produces where average revenue is greater than average cost
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A firm produces where marginal revenue equals marginal cost
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Complete the sentence. In perfect competition
each firm is a large part of the industry
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the price equals the marginal revenue
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a firm profit maximizes where total revenue equals total variable cost
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firms use advertising to differentiate products
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Which of the following is NOT a barrier to entry:
patents
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the need for a licence to operate
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low economies of scale
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well established brands
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Which of the following is NOT a type of barrier to entry?
structural
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seasonal
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strategic
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statutory
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When a business has a market share of 100% it is known as:
A competitive market
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A monopoly
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An oligopoly
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Monopolistic competition
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From the following, when do abnormal profits always occur?
Marginal revenue equals the price
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Average revenue is more than average cost
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Average revenue equals average cost
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Marginal cost equals average cost
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Complete the sentence. In a monopoly market
there are no barriers to entry
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abnormal profits are only earned in the short run
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the demand curve for a business is downward sloping
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a profit maximising business produces where average revenue equals marginal revenue
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Complete the sentence. In monopoly
the marginal revenue is greater than the average revenue
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abnormal profits can be earned in the long run
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firms are allocatively efficient
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firms produce where average costs equal marginal costs
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In a monopoly
Abnormal profits can only be earned in the short run
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A firm produces where total revenue equals total costs
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There are many firms competing
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There are barriers to entry
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What does the kinked demand curve model assume?
A price increase is followed by rivals
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A price decrease is not followed by rivals
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Firms work together to maximize profits
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Demand is price inelastic if there is a price cut
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Complete the sentence. In monopolistic competition
a few firms dominate the market
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firms face a horizontal demand curve
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there is entry and exit in the long run
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only normal profits can be earned in the short run
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Complete the sentence. In a cartel
firms compete against each other
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firms act together as if they were a monopolist
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each firm inevitably profit maximizes
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only normal profits can be made
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Complete the sentence. In oligopoly
a few firms dominate the market
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one firm dominates the market
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firms always collude
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the products of firms are identical
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If a business is charging different prices depending on demand conditions it will have the highest price when the price elasticity of demand is .
- 2
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- 5
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- 0.8
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- 0.01
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Complete the sentence. In monopolistic competition
a few firms dominate the market
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firms face a horizontal demand curve
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there is entry and exit in the long run
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only normal profits can be earned in the short run
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In game theory when a business chooses the best of the worst outcomes this is called:
A mini-mini strategy
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A mini- sum
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A maxi-maxi strategy
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A maxi-min strategy
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A dominant strategy in oligopoly occurs when:
one firm always wins in the market
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one firm has the largest market share
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whichever assumptions are made the same strategy is chosen
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one firm will inevitably become a monopoly due to market power
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When a firm charges a different price for the same product this is called:
Price discrimination
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Price differentiation
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Price determination
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Price distinction
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