Profit Maximizing Under Perfect Competition And Monopoly

A. participants in a contestable market are continuously faced with competition or the threat of competition because entry is cheap
B. In a contestable market, economic profits cannot persist in the long run.
C. In a contestable market forces will guarantee that the firms produce efficiently or be driven out of business
D. For a market to be contestable, the product must be produced with a labor-intensive technology

A. it assumes that firms believe that their rivals will not respond to any price change they initiate
B. it fails to explain how a firm arrived at its price and output decision initially
C. The model cannot be tested empirically.
D. Real-world pricing strategies are more simple than those assumed in this model

A. equal to what a monopolist would choose in the same industry
B. between that which would prevail under competition and that which a monopolist would choose in the same industry
C. that would prevail under competition
D. between that which would prevail under competition and that which a monopolistic competitor would choose in the same industry.

A. a concentrated industry.
B. a cartel
C. price leadership
D. an oligopoly.

A. decrease; decrease
B. increase; decrease
C. decrease; increase
D. increase; increase

A. monopolistically competitive
B. oligopolistic
C. perfectly competitive
D. indeterminate from this information

A. In monopolistic competition, there are too many firms and each firm produce a slightly different product at a scale that is less than optimal
B. In monopolistic competition there are too few firms and each firm produce a slightly different product at scale that is greater than optimal
C. in monopolistic competition there is the correct number of firm and each firm produces a slightly different product at an optimal scale.
D. In monopolistic competition there are too many firms and each firm produce a slightly different product at the optimal scale

A. the efficient output level will be produced in the long run
B. firms will only earn a normal profit
C. firms realize all economies of scale
D. firms will be producing at minimum average cost

A. marginal costs
B. fixed costs
C. variable costs
D. advertising costs

A. in monopolistic competition entry into the industry is blocked
B. in monopolistic competition there are relatively few barriers to entry.
C. in monopolistic competition, firms can differentiate their products
D. in perfect competition firms can differentiate their products