Use Figure 13.1 above to help with the following question. Why is it true that at every level of output except the first unit, the monopolist's marginal revenue (MR) is below price
What will be an ideal response?
This is so because (1) we assume that the monopolist must sell all its product at a single price (no price discrimination) and (2) to raise output and sell it, the firm must lower the price it charges. Selling the additional output will raise revenue, but this increase is offset somewhat by the lower price charged for all units sold. Therefore, the increase in revenue from increasing output by 1 (the marginal revenue) is less than the price.
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A good or service or a resource is nonexcludable if
A) it is possible to prevent someone from enjoying its benefits. B) it is not possible to prevent someone from benefiting from it. C) its use by one person decreases the quantity available for someone else. D) its use by one person does not decrease the quantity available for someone else.
Which of the following is true of a production possibility frontier?
a. Producing on the production possibilities frontier implies productive efficiency, and society producing where it wants to be producing implies allocative efficiency. b. Producing on the production possibilities frontier implies allocative efficiency, and society producing where it wants to be producing implies productive efficiency. c. Producing on the production possibilities frontier implies both productive efficiency and allocative efficiency. d. Producing where the society wants to be producing implies both productive efficiency and allocative efficiency.
In the demand equation log(Q) = a - b log(P) + b2 log(P2) + c log(I), where P is the price of the good in question, P2 is the price of a second good and I
is income, the second good must be: A. a complement for the good in question. B. a normal good. C. an inferior good. D. a substitute for the good in question.
If the United States is operating at full production, not only are we using our most ________ technology, but we are utilizing our land, labor, capital and entrepreneurial ability at their most ________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).