Economics 1021A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Marginal Revenue, Natural Monopoly, Demand Curve

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That produces a good or service for which no close substitute exists. In which there is one supplier that is protected from competition by a barrier preventing the entry of new firms. A monopoly has two key features: no close substitutes. If a good has a close substitute, even if it is produced by one firm, that firm effectively faces competition from the producers of the substitute. A monopoly sells a good that has no close substitutes: barriers to entry. A constraint that protects a firm from potential competitors is called a barrier to entry. Three types of barriers to entry are: natural, ownership, legal. Natural barriers to entry create natural monopoly. A natural monopoly is a market in which economies of scale enable one firm to supply the entire market at the lowest possible cost. In a natural monopoly, economies of scale are so powerful that they are still being achieved even when the entire market demand is met.

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When the demand for a good or service limits the quantity that can be sold to an output at which the firm experiences economies of scale, the ____.

A) firm is a single-price monopoly

B) good that the industry produces has close substitutes

C) firm is a natural monopoly

D) firms are protected from competition by a legal barrier

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1. Which characteristic led to Microsoft exercising monopoly power?

A.copyright protection for the Windows operating system

B .no close substitutes

C.economies of scale

D.government franchise

2. The goal of antitrust law is to:

A. prevent monopolies and monopoly power from arising.

B.protect monopolies from the competition.

C. make sure consumers pay high prices.

D. preserve allocative inefficiencies of monopolies.

3. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a monopoly?

A. The market has just one seller.

B.There exist significant barriers to entry.

C. Substitutes for the monopolist's products are available to buyers.

D. No close substitutes exist for the monopolist's products.

4. A constantly declining long-run average cost curve is a characteristic of what type of industrial structure:

A. Monopoly

B. Natural monopoly

C. Oligopoly

D. Perfect competition

5. An industry that has large economies of scale operates most efficiently as a(n):

	A.competitive industry.
	B.monopoly
	C.regulated natural monopoly.
	D.anarchic industry.

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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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