Suppose a monopoly firm has an annual demand function of Qd = 20,000 - 250P, annual variable costs of VC = 16Q + 0.002Q2 and marginal cost of MC = 16 + 0.004Q, where Q is the annual quantity of output. In addition, the firm has an avoidable fixed cost of $25,000 per year. If this firm maximizes its profit, what is the value of the consumer surplus in the market?
A. $121,000
B. $60,500
C. $136,125
D. $0
B. $60,500
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A) all costs and benefits are taken into account by the transacting parties so the transaction is efficient. B) externalities will result in market failure. C) the marginal social benefit curve shifts leftward and the marginal social cost curve does not shift. D) the marginal social cost curve shifts rightward and the marginal social benefit curve does not shift. E) the marginal social cost curve shifts rightward and the marginal social benefit curve also shifts rightward.
The efficiency case made for free trade is that as trade distortions such as tariffs are dismantled and removed
A) government tariff revenue will decrease, and therefore national economic welfare will decrease. B) government tariff revenue will decrease, and therefore national economic welfare will increase. C) deadweight losses for producers and consumers will decrease, hence increasing national economic welfare. D) deadweight losses for producers and consumers will decrease, hence decreasing national economic welfare. E) government tariff revenue will increase, hence increasing national economic welfare.
Which of the following would decrease the price level?
a) an increase in the expected price level. b) an increase in the natural rate of unemployment. c) a decrease in taxes. d) a decrease in the money supply.
The branch of economics that examines the functioning of individual industries and the behavior of individual decision-making units is
A. microeconomics. B. macroeconomics. C. positive economics. D. normative economics.