ECN 104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Profit Maximization, Marginal Cost, Product Differentiation

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Industry very easily product by quality & design, not by price; fairly easy for new firms to enter the market other firms is blocked; monopolist produces a unique product. Chapter 9 perfect competition the short run. 9. 3 demand for a firm in perfect competition differentiated products; product differentiation - firms distinguish their each firm is affected by the decisions of rivals. All firms in the industry acting independently but simultaneously can increase the price by reducing their output and changing the demand of the good/service, but an individual firm cannot. 9. 4 profit maximization in the short run. Perfectly competitive firms can only maximize economic profit (or minimize economic loss) by adjusting output. Since plant capacity is fixed in the short run, must adjust variable inputs (materials, labour, wages) Mc curve is the supply curve of the firm shows how many units a firm will produce at a series of prices in a given time period (the short run)

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1. Which market structure is characterized by a few interdependent firms?

A) Monopoly.

B) Perfect competition.

C) Monopolist competition.

D) Oligopoly.

2. The correct ranking (put in order) of the degree of market power (from highest to lowest) is

A) Monopoly, monopolistic competition, perfect competition, oligopoly

B) Monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, perfect competition.

C) Monopoly, oligopoly, monopolistic competition, perfect competition.

D) Oligopoly, monopoly, monopolistic competition, perfect competition.

3. The term monopolistic competition

A) is an alternate expression for monopoly

B) is used to describe perfect competition with strong entry barriers.

C) denotes an industry with one seller of many differentiated products

D) denotes an industry with many sellers of differentiated products.

ceruleanseal203

1. A monopoly market structure is characterized by

a. large number of firms, standardized products, easy entry and exit.

b. large number of firms, differentiated products, easy entry and exit.

C. small number of firms, standardized or differentiated products, difficult entry.

d. one firm, a unique product without close substitutes, and impossible entry.

e. one firm, differentiated product, impossible entry.

2. Which of the following is not a characteristic of monopolistic competition?

a. Differentiated products

b. A downward-sloping demand curve for individual firms

c. Firms that are price makers

d. Impeded entry into the industry

e. A large number of firms

3. One factor that distinguishes oligopoly from other market structures is

a. the ease of entry into the market.

b. the interdependence of firms.

c. the slope of the demand curve.

d. the degree of product differentiation.

e. the amount of advertising expenditures.

lavenderbat941

1)Which of the following is true about the Sherman Act?

A.It prohibited price discrimination.

B. It prohibited price-fixing and collusion.

C. It prohibited mergers if it led to weakened competition.

D. It made engaging in predatory activities illegal.

E. It encouraged firms to take advantage of the patent system.

2)
Which of the following is true of price discrimination?

A. Customers need to differ in their willingness to pay for price discrimination to occur.

B. Customers need to have a unit elastic demand curve for price discrimination to occur.

C. Price discriminators profit by charging a uniform price to all customers.

D. Price discriminators lack the incentive to reduce their average total cost of production.

E. Customers can easily resell a good to other customers if there exists price discrimination in the market for the good.

3) Which of the following types of firms do not practice price discrimination?

A. Airlines

B. Movie theaters

C. Soft drink companies

D. Colleges

E. Amusement parks

4) Oligopoly, like perfect competition, is a market structure in which firms can easily enter and leave the industry.

a. True
b. False

Monopolistic competition is characterized by:

A. A large number of firms selling differentiated products.

B. A perfectly elastic demand curve.

C. High barriers to entry.

D. large number of firms selling identical products.

E. A small number of firms selling differentiated products.

6) Which of the following is not a source of product differentiation?

A. Prestige considerations in products

B. Differences in the cost of production of products

C. Physical differences in products

D. Differences in the services provided by firms

E. Differences in the location of sales outlets

7) The restaurants in San Francisco can probably be categorized as examples of firms

A. operating in an oligopolistic market.

B. operating in a monopolistically competitive market

C. operating in a perfectly competitive market

D. forming a cartel.

E. Operating in a monopolistic market

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