A. growth.
B. sales revenue
C. managers utility
D. profits.
Related Mcqs:
- Profit-maximizing firms want to maximize the difference between ?
A. marginal revenue and marginal cost.
B. total revenue and total cost
C. total revenue and marginal cost
D. marginal revenue and average cost - In monopolistic competition firms profit maximize where ?
A. Marginal revenue = Average revenue
B. Marginal revenue = Marginal cost
C. Marginal revenue = Average cost
D. Marginal revenue = Total 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 - 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 - 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 - The market power effect of an international joint venture can lead to welfare losses for the domestic economy unless offset by cost reductions. Which type of cost reduction would not lead to offsetting welfare gains for the overall economy ?
A. R&D generating welfare improved technology
B. development of more productive machinery
C. new work rules promoting workers efficiency
D. lower wages extracted from workers - 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. - A firm may be unable to maximize profits because it ?
A. does not know its MC and MR
B. has too much information
C. has too little information
D. The first and third option - 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
