The more profit a monopolist makes, the more inefficient is the monopoly outcome.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


False

Rationale: Monopoly profit is maximized under first degree price discrimination -- yet that results in the efficient output level being produced.

Economics

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a. gift tax b. federal income tax c. excise tax d. payroll tax

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A person prefers large and small levels of national defense to medium-sized levels of national defense. This person

A. is violating the law of transitivity. B. has single-peaked preferences. C. has multiple-peaked preferences. D. cannot achieve his or her most-preferred outcome.

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The major labor market problem in the United States is ________ and in Western Europe the problem is ________.

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