A. the difference between total revenue and total costs.
B. anything greater than the normal opportunity cost of investing
C. the opportunity costs of all inputs
D. a rate of profit that is just sufficient to keep owners and investors satisfied
Related Mcqs:
- Suppose an oligopolist individually maximizes its profits. When calculating profits, if the output effect exceeds the price effect on the marginal unit of production, then the oligopolist ?
A. Should produce more units
B. has maximized profits.
C. is in a Nash equilibrium
D. Should produce fewer units
E. should exit the industry. - The theory of suggests that government can assist domestic companies in capturing economic profits from foreign competitors ?
A. international dumping
B. countervailing duties
C. Strategic trade policy
D. export promotion policy - A monopoly is able to continue to generate economic profits in the long run because ?
A. there is some barrier to entry to that market
B. Potential competitors sometimes don’t notice the the profits.
C. the monopolist is financially powerful.
D. antitrust laws eliminate competitors for a specified number of years.
E. of all of the things described in these answers - Suppose we know that a monopolist is maximizing its profits. Which of the following is a correct inference? the monopolist has?
A. maximized its total revenue
B. set price equal to its average cost
C. equated marginal revenue and marginal cost
D. maximized the difference between marginal revenue and marginal cost. - The ability of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to maximize profits is hampered by ?
A. a lack of substitutes for oil
B. similar cost schedules for member countries
C. highly inelastic world demand curve for oil
D. economic recession for oil importing nations - ________ are profits that accrue to whomever has the right to import the good that is restricted by the quota?
A. quota license
B. quota rents
C. quota prices
D. None of the above - In monopoly when abnormal profits are made ?
A. The price set is greater than the marginal cost
B. The price is less than the average cost
C. The average revenue equals the marginal cost
D. Revenue equals total cost - Successful service companies focus their attention on both their customers and their employees they understand ________ which links service firm profits with employee and customer satisfaction ?
A. internal marketing
B. service-profit chains
C. interactive marketing
D. service differentiation - Suppose that rising U.S income leads to higher sales and profits in the United States This would likely result in ?
A. increasing portfolio investment into the United States
B. decreasing portfolio investment into the United States
C. increasing direct investment into the United States
D. decreasing direct investment into the United States - Public limited companies may not maximize their profits because ?
A. they are afraid of encouraging takeovers.
B. shareholders have little control over managers.
C. shareholders want higher dividends.
D. both the first and third option.
