A monopolist charges 7 per unit for selling 6 units of his product. To sell 7 units, he reduces price to 6.5 per unit. The marginal revenue (net addition to revenue) from selling the seventh unit is then 3.5.
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QUESTION 2In long-run equilibrium in perfect competition, the entry and exit of firms will drive economic profits to zero.
a. True
b. False
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QUESTION 3For any monopolist with a positive marginal cost of production, its demand curve at its profit maximizing level:
a. would be elastic.
b. would be unit elastic.
c. would be inelastic.
d. could be either elastic or inelastic.
QUESTION 4Creating conditions for fair trade by limiting imports will make the domestic consumers better off as they will be required to pay low prices for the products.
a. True
b. False
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QUESTION 5A monopolist faces a horizontal demand curve while a perfect competitor faces a downward sloping demand curve for their respective products.
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QUESTION 6In the long-run, a perfectly competitive firm will leave the market if it is unable to cover all of its fixed costs.
a. True
b. False
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QUESTION 7Show Stoppers is a monopoly provider of ticket services for the concerts and sporting events and their current service charge is 10.00 . In order to attract one more customer, they have to lower their service charge to 9.50 . Show Stoppers' marginal revenue of this additional customer is:
a. 9.50.
b. greater than 9.50.
c. less than 9.50.
d. between 10.00 and 9.50.