Economics 2152A/B Study Guide - Deadweight Loss, Perfect Competition, Demand Curve

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And the demand curve facing a given firm is horizontal. Firm demand curve is l shaped, is perfectly inelastic above market price, and perfectly elastic below market price. So at market price demand is horizontal, above, sell nothing, below sell nothing. Mr = change in total rev/ change in q = price (p) in perfect comp. And in long run there is no economic profit (where atc touches d) In perfect competition marginal benefit = marginal cost, and the outcome is efficient. Sports arent perfectly competitive, because sports teams have market. Power (they can change prices of tickets without losing fans) Monopoly exists when a single firm in a market, with barriers to entry, produces a good for which there is no close substitute. Demand curve for a monopoly is the market demand curve. A sports franchise has market power because: preference of fans for watching one sport over another, barriers to entry.

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A major difference between monopolistic competition and perfect competition is:

a. there are barriers to entry in monopolistic competition. There are no barriers to entry in perfectly competitive markets.

b. monopolistically competitive firms sell differentiated products. Perfectly competitive firms sell identical products.

c. government regulation restricts the ability of monopolistically competitive firms to change their prices. Perfectly competitive firms face no price regulation.

d. the market demand curve in a monopolistically competitive market slopes downward. The market demand curve in a perfectly competitive market is horizontal

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QUESTION 22

For a perfectly competitive firm, profit maximization (or loss minimization) occurs at the level of output at which

	a.	MR = MC.
	b.	MR = AVC.
	c.	P = ATC.
	d.	MR = ATC.

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QUESTION 23

If MR > MC, then

	a.	profits are being maximized.
	b.	the firm is producing too much of the good to be maximizing profits.
	c.	the firm can increase its profits (or minimize its losses) by increasing output.
	d.	the firm must be incurring losses.

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QUESTION 24

If firms are earning zero economic profits, they must be producing at an output level at which

	a.	price minus marginal cost.
	b.	total revenue equals total costs, in other words, normal profits.
	c.	price equals average variable cost.
	d.	marginal revenue equals marginal cost.
	e.	none of the above

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QUESTION 25

In the theory of perfect competition,

	a.	the market demand curve is horizontal.
	b.	the single firm faces a horizontal demand curve.
	c.	the single firm faces a downward-sloping demand curve.
	d.	the market demand curve is downward sloping.
	e.	b and d

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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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Economics 2152A/B Study Guide - Deadweight Loss, Perfect Competition, Demand Curve

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