A. will rise
B. will fall
C. will remain the same
D. could either rise or fall depending on the elasticity of the monopolist’s supply curve
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following is true regarding the production and pricing decisions of monopolistically competitive firms? Monopolistically competitive firms choose the quantity at which marginal cost equals ?
A. marginal revenue and then use the demand curve to determine the price consistent with this quantity
B. average total cost and then use the supply curve to determine the price consistent with this quantity
C. marginal revenue and then use the supply curve to determine the price consistent with this quantity
D. average total cost and then use the demand curve to determine the price consistent with this quantity - Using government regulations to force a natural monopoly to charge a price equal to his marginal cost will ?
A. Cause the monopolist to exit the market
B. improve efficieny
C. raise the price of good
D. attract additional firms to enter the market - Which of the following is true with regard to monopolistically competitive firms scale of production and pricing decisions Monopolistically competitive firms produce ?
A. at the efficient scale and charge a price equal to marginal cost
B. at the efficient scale and charge a price above marginal cost
C. With excess capacity and charge a price above marginal cost
D. With excess capacity and charge a price equal to marginal cost - Which of the following is necessary for a natural monopoly ?
A. economies of scale
B. a high proportion of the total cost in the cost of capital goods
C. the market is very small
D. all of the above - A natural monopoly has a declining _______ over a large range of output?
A. long run marginal cost
B. short run marginal cost
C. long run average cost
D. long run marginal cost - The problem posed by a natural monopoly is that it faces a _____ This means that _______?
A. increasing average cost curve, marginal cost lies above average cost
B. increasing average cost curve, marginal cost lies below average cost
C. decreasing average cost curve marginal cost lies above average cost
D. decreasing average cost curve, marginal cost lies below average cost - A good produced by a natural monopoly is ?
A. rival but not excludable
B. neither rival nor excludable
C. not rival but excludable
D. both rival and excludable - If all firms in a market have identical cost structures and if inputs used in the production of the good in that market are readily available, then the long-run market supply curve for that good should be ?
A. downward sloping
B. perfectly inelastic
C. upward sloping
D. perfectly elastic - When you consume good Q, not only do you benefit form consuming the good but other people benefit from your consumption as well, if firms produce good Q where P = MC, firms will be producing ?
A. less than the efficient level of output
B. more than the efficient level of output
C. so that consumer surplus is zero
D. the efficient level of output - In monopolistic competition of firms are making abnormal profit other firms will enter and ?
A. The marginal cost will shift outwards
B. the demand curve will shift inwards
C. The average cost will shift downwards
D. The average variable cost will increase
