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Chapter 13 Multiple Choice Questions
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Chapter 13 Multiple Choice Questions
Monopoly
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X inefficiency occurs when:
The price is greater than the marginal cost
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The price is greater than the average cost
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Costs are higher than they could be due to a lack of competitive pressure
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There are external costs
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The marginal revenue curve in monopoly:
Equals the demand curve
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Is parallel with the demand curve
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Lies below and converges with the demand curve
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Lies below and diverges from the demand curve
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In monopoly when abnormal profits are made:
The price set is greater than the average cost
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The price is less than the marginal cost
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The average revenue equals the marginal cost
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Revenue equals total cost
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In monopoly in long run equilibrium:
The firm is productively efficient
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The firm is allocatively inefficient
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The firm produces where marginal cost is less than marginal revenue
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The firm produces at the socially optimal level
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A monopolist faces:
An upward sloping demand curve
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A perfectly elastic demand curve
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A downward sloping demand curve
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A demand curve with a positive price elasticity of demand
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In a monopoly which of the following is
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Products are differentiated
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There is freedom of entry and exit into the industry in the long run
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The firm is a price maker
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There is one main seller
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In monopoly which of the following is true?
There are many buyers and sellers
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There is one main buyer
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There is one main seller
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The actions of one firm do not affect the market price and quantity
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According to Schumpeter:
Monopolies have many firms in the market and similar products
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Monopoly profits act as an incentive for innovation
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Monopolies are allocatively efficient
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Monopolies are price takers
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A welfare loss occurs in monopoly where:
The price is greater than the marginal cost
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The price is greater than the marginal benefit
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The price is greater than the average revenue
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The price is greater than the marginal revenue
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UK the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
Bans monopolies
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Fines all monopolies
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Prevents firms acquiring more than 25% of the market
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Has the right to investigate monopolies and will assess each one on its own merits
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