A firm may be unable to maximize profits because it ?

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1. 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....

2. 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...

3. When a oligopolist individually chooses its level of production to maximize its profits it charges a price that is ?

   A. more than the price charged by either monopoly or a competitive market B. less than the price charged by either monopoly or a competitive market C. more than the price charged by a monopoly and less then the price charged by a competitive market D. less than the price charged by a monopoly and...

4. When an oligopolist individually chooses its level of production to maximize its profits, it produces an output that is ?

   A. more than the level produced by a monopoly and less than the level produced by a competitive market B. less than the level produced by a monopoly and more than the level produced by a competitive market C. less than the level produce by either monopoly or a competitive market D. more than the...

5. In order to maximize profits, a monopoly company will produce that quantity at which the ?

   A. marginal revenue equals average total cost B. Price equals marginal revenue C. marginal revenue equals marginal cost D. total revenue equals total cost...

6. 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....

7. There is an arrangement which allows a firm to use research from another firm at no cost in exchange for executing all of its trades with the firm that provides the research. What this arrangement is called?

   A. Mutual arrangement B. Quid Pro quo C. Bilateral arrangement D. common interest...

8. The firm would maximize profit by selling computers in the United States at a price of __________ and _________ computers in Japan at a price of __________?

   A. 200, $2,000, 100 $1,000 B. 300, $1,800, 800 $800 C. 300, $1,800, 400 $800 D. 500, $1,400, 400 $800...

9. The competitive firm maximize profit when it produces output up to the point where ?

   A. price equals average variable cost B. marginal revenue equals average revenue C. marginal cost equals total revenue D. marginal cost equals marginal revenue...

10. A monopoly may be self-perpetuating because profits may be used for ?

    A. research B. cost-saving C. technical advance D. all of the above...