If a firm is a price taker, then the demand curve it faces is perfectly
a. elastic and above its marginal revenue curve
b. elastic and lies on top of its marginal revenue curve
c. elastic and below its marginal revenue curve
d. inelastic and above its marginal revenue curve
e. inelastic and the same as its marginal revenue curve
B
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The number of taxicabs in Motorville and the taxicab fares are regulated. The fare currently charged is $5 a ride
Motorville taxicab drivers want to obtain government's permission to raise the fare to increase their revenues and ask you to be their economic adviser. After studying the market, you come up with the following demand schedule for taxicab rides: a) Calculate the price elasticity of demand for taxicab rides as the fare rises from $5 to $6. (Use the midpoint method in your calculations.) Is the demand price elastic or inelastic for this fare rise? b) What happens to the taxicab drivers' total revenue if the fare rises from $5 to $6? How can you use your answers in part a to answer this question? Should the drivers try to obtain permission to raise the fare? c) Calculate the price elasticity of demand for taxicab rides as the fare falls from $5 to $4. (Use the midpoint method in your calculations.) Is the demand price elastic or inelastic for this fare decrease? d) What happens to the taxicab drivers' total revenue if the fare falls from $5 to $4? How can you use your answers in part c to answer this question? Should the drivers try to obtain permission to lower the fare? e) What fare will maximize the taxicab drivers' total revenue? Explain.
Starting from long-run equilibrium, if the public anticipates that policymakers will increase aggregate demand by less than policymakers do increase aggregate demand, and if the short-run aggregate supply curve fully adjusts to the (incorrectly) anticipated increase in aggregate demand, then Real GDP will __________ and the price level will __________
A) rise; rise B) decline; fall C) stay constant; rise D) decline; rise
Which will be TRUE for a monopolistic competitor experiencing short-run losses?
A. P < ATC B. P < MC C. P > ATC D. P = ATC
In the short run, average variable costs are minimized when
A) MPL equals APL. B) APL is maximized. C) MPL is maximized and APL is increasing. D) Both A and B.