A. marginal costs
B. fixed costs
C. variable costs
D. advertising costs
Related Mcqs:
- 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 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 - In the short run, if the price is above average total cost in a monopolistically competitive market, the firm makes ?
A. losses and firms exit the market
B. profits and firms exit the market
C. losses and firms enter the market
D. profits and firms enter the market - A firm in a monopolistically competitive industry ?
A. sells a fixed amount of output regardless of price.
B. must raise price to sell more output
C. can sell an infinite amount of output at the market-determined price
D. must lower price to sell more output. - A firm in perfectly competitive industry is producing 50 units, its profit-maximising quantity. Industry price is £2 and total fixed costs and total variable cost are £25 and £40 respectively. The firm’s economic profit is ?
A. £35
B. £15
C. £30
D. £60 - Which of the following is not a characteristic of a monopolistically competitive market ?
A. free entry and exit
B. long run economic profits
C. many sellers
D. differentiated products - When firms enter a monopolistically competitive market and the business-stealing externality is larger than the product-variety externality then ?
A. there are too many firms in the market and market efficiency could be increased if firms exited the market
B. the number of firms in the market is optimal and the market is efficient
C. There are too few firms in the market and market efficiency could be be increased with additional entry
D. The only way to improve efficiency in this market is for the government to regulate it like a natural monopoly. - Which of the following products is least likely to be sold in a monopolistically competitive market ?
A. breakfast
B. cotton
C. video games
D. beer - For a competitive profit-maximizing firm, the value-of-the-marginal-product curve for capital is the firm’s ?
A. supply curve of capital
B. demand curve for capital
C. production function
D. marginal cost curve - If a competitive firm is producing a level of output where marginal revenue exceeds marginal cost the firm could increase profit if it ?
A. decreased production
B. maintained production at the current level
C. temporarily shut down.
D. increased production
