A. electricity
B. cable television
C. cola
D. milk
E. All of these answers represent competitive markets
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Anything that can be offered to a market for attention acquisition, use, or consumption that might satisfy a want or need is called a(n) ?
A. idea
B. demand
C. product
D. service - Which of the following is not a characteristic of a competitive market ?
A. All of these answers are characteristic of a competitive market
B. The are many buyers and sellers in the market
C. The goods offered for sale are largely the same.
D. Firms generate small but positive economic profits in the long run
E. Firms can freely enter or exit the market - If all firms in a market have identical cost structures and if inputs used in the production of the good in that market are readily available, then the long-run market supply curve for that good should be ?
A. downward sloping
B. perfectly inelastic
C. upward sloping
D. perfectly elastic - 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 a competitive market, which of the following is least, likely to be the source of a persistent discriminatory wage differential ?
A. All of these answers could be source of a persistent discriminatory wage differential
B. the customer
C. the government
D. the employer
