ECN 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Demand Curve, Natural Monopoly, Deadweight Loss

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16 Nov 2017

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Ryerson University

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Economics

Course

ECN 104

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Tsogbadral Galaabaatar

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Monopoly - a firm that is the sole seller of a produce without close substitutesthe key difference: A monopoly firm has market power, the ability to influence the market price of the product it sells. The main cause of monopolies is barriers to entry - other firms cannot enter the market. In a competitive market, the market demand curve slopes downward. But the demand curve for any individual firm"s product is horizontal at the market price. The firm can increase quantity without lowering price. So mr = p for the competitive firm. A monopolist is the only seller, so it faces the market demand curve to sell a larger quantity, the firm must reduce price. To sell a larger quantity, the monopolist must reduce the price on all the units it sells. Mr could even be negative if the price effect exceeds the output effect (when company. Like a competitive firm, a monopolist maximizes profit by producing the quantity where.

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1. Which of the following is a difference between a perfectly competitive market and a monopoly?

A. There are huge barriers to entry in a perfectly competitive market, while there are no barriers to entry in a monopoly.

B. The market demand curve faced by a perfectly competitive firm is horizontal, while the market demand curve in a monopoly is downward-sloping.

C. The sellers in a perfectly competitive market are price-makers, while a seller in a monopoly market is a price-taker.

D. The equilibrium price in a perfectly competitive market exceeds marginal revenue, while the equilibrium price in a monopoly equals marginal revenue.

2. Which of the following firms is likely to have the highest market power?

A. An oligopoly with homogeneous products

B. A monopoly

C. A monopolistic competitor

D. A perfectly competitive firm

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1) A natural monopoly exists when:

a. A few firms collude to make one large firm

b. Firms enter the industry as a result of profit incentives

c. Economies of scale provide large cost advantages to having one firm produce the industry's output

d. Firms naturally maximize regardless of market structure

2) A(n) ____ is a single firm with ___, whereas a(n) ___ implies an industry with ____ firm(s) and ____ .

a. Monopoly; barriers to entry; oligopoly; few; no barriers to entry

b. Oligopoly; no barriers to entry; monopoly; many; easy entry and exit

c. Monopoly; barriers to entry; monopolistic competition; many; easy entry and exit

d. Monopolistic competitor; barriers to entry; monopoly; one; barriers to entry

3) In monopolistic competition:

a. Each firm produces a product identical to that of every other firm in the industry

b. Firms are aware of their strategic interdependence

c. Firms earn large economic profits in the long run

d. Firms earn zero economic profits in the long run

4) A monopolistically competitive industry, such as corn snack chips, and a perfectly competitive industry, like wheat farming, are alike in that:

a. There are many firms in each industry

b. Firms in both types of industries produce similar but not identical products

c. Barriers to entry in both industries are large

d. Firms in both types of industries produce identical products

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32. Which of the following is not a difference between monopolies and perfectly competitive markets?

A. Monopolies face downward sloping demand curves while perfectly competitive firms face horizontal demand curves.

B. Monopolies charge a price higher than marginal cost while perfectly competitive firms charge a price equal to marginal cost.

C. Monopolies can earn profits in the long run while perfectly competitive firms break even.

D. Monopolies choose to produce the quantity at which marginal revenue equals marginal cost while perfectly competitive firms do not.

40. Which of the following statements is not correct?

A. Both monopolies and monopolistically competitive firms can earn economic profits in the long run.

B. Both monopolistically competitive and perfectly competitive firms can earn economic profits in the short run.

C. Only competitive firms produce the welfare-maximizing level of output.

D. Firms in perfect competition, monopolistic competition, and monopoly maximize profits by producing where marginal revenue equals marginal cost.

43. A monopolistically competitive firm is currently producing 20 units of output. At this level of output the firm is charging a price equal to $20, has marginal revenue equal to $12, has marginal cost equal to $12, and has average total cost equal to $18. From this information we can infer that

A. the profits of the firm are negative.

B. firms are likely to leave this market in the long run.

C. the firm is currently maximizing its profit.

D. All of the above are correct.

ECN 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Demand Curve, Natural Monopoly, Deadweight Loss

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