A. underproduction of the good
B. the monopoly’s profits
C. the monopoly’s losses
D. overproduction of the good
Related Mcqs:
- X inefficiency occurs when ?
A. The price is greater than the marginal cost
B. The price is greater than the average cost
C. Costs are higher than they could be due to a lack of competitive pressure
D. There are external cost - One source of inefficiency in monopolistic competition is that since price is above marginal cost, some units are not produced that buyers value in ?
A. Since price is above marginal cost surplus is redistributed from buyers to sellers
B. monopolistically competitive firms earn economic profits in the long run
C. monopolistically competitive firms produce beyond their efficient scale
D. excess of the cost of production and this causes a deadweight loss. - In monopoly which of the following is true ?
A. There are many buyers and sellers
B. There is one main buyer
C. There is one main seller
D. The actions of one firm do not affect the market price and quantity - A welfare loss occurs in monopoly where ?
A. The price is greater than the marginal cost
B. The price is greater than the marginal benefit
C. The price is greater than the average revenue
D. The price is greater than the marginal revenue - A monopoly is able to continue to generate economic profits in the long run because ?
A. there is some barrier to entry to that market
B. Potential competitors sometimes don’t notice the the profits.
C. the monopolist is financially powerful.
D. antitrust laws eliminate competitors for a specified number of years.
E. of all of the things described in these answers - Which of the following is necessary for a natural monopoly ?
A. economies of scale
B. a high proportion of the total cost in the cost of capital goods
C. the market is very small
D. all of the above - The marginal revenue curve in monopoly ?
A. Equals the demand curve
B. Is parallel with the demand curve
C. Lies below and converges with the demand curve
D. Lies below and diverges from the demand curve - In a monopoly which of the following is not true ?
A. Products are differentiated
B. There is freedom of entry and exit into the industry in the long run
C. The firm is a price taker
D. There is one main sellers - If regulators break up a natural monopoly into many smaller firms, the cost of production ?
A. will rise
B. will fall
C. will remain the same
D. could either rise or fall depending on the elasticity of the monopolist’s supply curve - In pure monopoly, what is the relation between the price and the marginal revenue ?
A. the price is greater than the marginal revenue
B. the price is less than the marginal revenue
C. there is no relation
D. they are equal
