Micro chapter 14 example #1610

20 December 2023
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Which is not a form of product differentiation for the monopolistically competitive firm?
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Standard weekday and weekend hours
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In which industry is monopolistic competition most likely to be found?
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Retail trade
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One difference between monopolistic competition and pure competition is that
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there is some control over price in monopolistic competition.
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The goal of product differentiation and advertising in monopolistic competition is to make:
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price less of a factor and product differences more of a factor in consumer purchases.
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Which industry would be considered to be monopolistically competitive?
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Local dry cleaners
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The monopolistically competitive seller's demand curve will become more elastic the
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larger the number of competitors.
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A monopolistically competitive firm is operating at a short-run level of output where price is $21, average total cost is $15, marginal cost is $13, and marginal revenue is $13. In the short run this firm should:
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make no change in the level of output
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In the long run, a representative firm in a monopolistically competitive industry will typically:
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earn a normal profit, but not an economic profit.
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Which statement concerning monopolistic competition is false?
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Firms may experience positive economic profits in the long run since barriers to entry are significant.
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Which product is made by an industry that best illustrates the concept of homogeneous oligopoly?
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Copper
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Mutual interdependence means that each firm in an oligopolistic industry:
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considers the reactions of its rivals when it determines its price policy.
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Which cannot be a characteristic of an oligopolistic industry?
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A perfectly elastic firm demand curve
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What are the payoffs in the typical duopoly game?
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Profits
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If an oligopolist's demand curve has a "kink" in it, then
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over some interval, a change in the oligopolist's marginal cost will not cause a change in the oligopolist's profit-maximizing price.
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The principle underlying the kinked-demand curve model of oligopoly is that the demand curve facing one firm is more elastic when other firms in the industry
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hold price constant when the firm changes its prices.
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In the kinked-demand model, there will be a vertical break in the firm's:
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marginal revenue curve.
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One shortcoming of the kinked-demand curve model of oligopoly is it does not explain
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how the going price gets determined in the first place
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Collusive control over price may permit oligopolists to:
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reduce uncertainty, increase profits, and possibly limit entry of new firms.
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The incentive to cheat is strong in a cartel because:
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each firm can increase its output and thus its profits by cutting price.
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A potential negative effect of advertising for society is that it can:
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be self-canceling and contribute to economic inefficiency.
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Allocative and productive efficiency are achieved under the market structure of:
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pure competition.
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In the long run an oligopoly:
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may be able to earn positive economic profits.