How do product development and marketing affect a firm in monopolistic competition?

What will be an ideal response?


Product development and marketing have two effects on a firm. First, because these activities are costly, they increase the firm's costs and shift its costs curves upward. Second, they can increase the demand for the firm's products.

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Which of the following is correct when the perfectly competitive firm is producing its long-run equilibrium output level?

a. MR equals MC. b. AR equals ATC. c. P equals MC. d. All of these.

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Capital account transactions occur

A) when an U.S. company purchases goods from a foreign company. B) because of cross-border flows of financial assets. C) when you move money from one U.S. bank to another U.S. bank. D) when an U.S. citizen purchases stock in an U.S. corporation.

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Inflation refers to a one-time price increase in a particular market

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Depreciation represents

A. The consumption of capital in the production process. B. Wasted capital. C. Gross investment plus net investment. D. A loss of productive capability as a result of the inefficient use of resources.

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