A. Cause the monopolist to exit the market
B. improve efficieny
C. raise the price of good
D. attract additional firms to enter the market
Related Mcqs:
- When average cost is falling marginal cost is ________ and when average cost is rising marginal cost is?
A. greater than average cost, greater than average cost
B. less than average cost, greater than average cost
C. less than average cost, less than average cost
D. greater than average cost, less than average cost - If as the quantity produced increase a production function first exhibits increasing marginal product and later diminishing marginal product, the corresponding marginal-cost curve will ?
A. be flat (horizontal)
B. slope upward
C. slope downward
D. be U-shaped. - Suppose that ABC publishing sells an economics textbook and accompanying study guide. Raheel is willing to pay Rs75 for the text and Rs15 for the study guide. Mariam is willing to spend Rs60 for the text and Rs25 for the study guide. Suppose both the book and study guide have a zero-marginal cost of study production. If ABC publishing charges separate price for both products its best strategy is to charge price that when combined, total ?
A. Rs 85
B. Rs 75
C. Rs 80
D. Rs 60 - 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 - Suppose that ABC publishing sells an economics textbook and accompanying study guide. Raheel is willing to pay Rs75 for the text and Rs15 for the study guide. Mariam is willing to spend Rs60 for the text and Rs25 for the study guide. Suppose both the book and study guide have a zero marginal cost of study production. If ABC publishing engages in tying the two products its best strategy is to charge a combined price of ?
A. Rs 60
B. Rs 90
C. Rs 85
D. Rs 75 - If a marginal revenue exceeds marginal cost, a monopolists should?
A. increase should
B. decrease output
C. keep output the same because profits are maximized when marginal revenue exceeds marginal cost
D. raise the price - 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 - 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 - When marginal revenue equals marginal cost ?
A. Total revenue equals total cost
B. There is the biggest positive difference between total revenue and total cost
C. There is the biggest negative difference between total revenue and total cost
D. Profits are Zero - If marginal revenue equals marginal cost ?
A. No profit is being made
B. Total revenue equals total cost
C. Profits are maximised
D. Producing another unit would increase profits
