A. produce less at a lower price
B. produce more at a lower price
C. produce less at a higher price
D. produce less at a lower price
Related Mcqs:
- 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. - A monopolistically competitive firm that is incurring a loss will produce as long as the price that the firm charges is sufficient to cover ?
A. marginal costs
B. fixed costs
C. variable costs
D. advertising costs - 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 - 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 - Compared to a perfectly competitive market a monopoly market will usually generate ?
A. higher prices and lower output
B. higher prices and higher output
C. lower prices and lower output
D. lower prices and higher output - 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 - Assume That the firms operate as purely competitive sellers (a purely competitive industry) In the long run, equilibrium price equals _________ quantity equals _________ and profits total _________?
A. $100, 2 million barrels per day $60 million
B. $80, 4 million barrels per day $70 million
C. $60, 6 million barrels per day, $20 million
D. $40, 8 million barrels per day, $0 million - 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 - 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
