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
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - 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. - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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. - 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 - 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 - If both input and output markets are competitive and firms are profit maximizing, then in equilibrium each factor of production earns ?
A. an amount equal to the price of output times total output
B. the amount allocated by the political process
C. an equal share of output
D. the value of its marginal product
