ECON-2006EG Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Economic Equilibrium, Deadweight Loss, Ebay

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7 Mar 2021

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Laurentian

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Economics / Science Èconomique

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ECON-2006EG

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Byron Eastman

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A more common market situation than the perfectly competitive market is a market in which a firm is not simply a price-take, but a price-maker: price-makers are sellers that set the price of a good. They have the ability to set the price of a good because they have market power: market power relates to the ability of sellers to affect prices. The most extreme form of market power is a monopoly: monopoly is an industry structure in which only one seller provides a good or service that has no close substitutes. Therefore, a monopolist does not have to be concerned with the behaviour of other sellers. The price chosen by the monopolist maximizes the company"s price. For monopolists" market power arises through barriers to entry: barriers to entry provide a seller with protection from potential competitors entering the market.

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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. 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.

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The terms price maker, price setter, and price searcher are all meant to imply the same thing, which is

Select one:

a. firms operating in a perfectly competitive market have pricing power.

b. it is impossible for any firm to have pricing power.

c. a firm operating in any market but perfect competition that also determines the quantity it produces and the price at which it sells the products.

d. any firm can determine the price at which it sells a product, but no firm can determine the quantity it produces.

e. a price increase will likely drive every customer for the producer of this product to another product.

In monopoly,

Select one:

a. the number of firms is large.

b. there is ease of entry into the market and exit from the market.

c. the product has many good substitutes.

d. economic profits are zero in the long run.

e. None of these choices.

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