If a monopoly's Lerner Index exceeds 1, then
A) it is earning maximum profit.
B) it has ultimate market power.
C) it must be pricing below marginal cost.
D) marginal revenue is negative.
D
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Krystal runs a nail salon and needs to decide how many hours to stay open. Table 2.2 illustrates her marginal costs of staying open for each additional hour. Suppose that we observe Krystal staying open 2 hours per day
If she is following the marginal principle, what must her marginal benefit be? A) $6 B) $12 C) $15 D) $18
A year over year ________ in the buying power of money means that definitely ________ from one year to the next
A) decrease; the price level increased B) increase; inflation increased C) decrease; inflation increased D) increase; the price level increased E) Both answers A and C are correct.
The figure above shows a local lawn cutting service's demand for labor curve when the price of cutting an acre of lawn is $50 per acre. If the price of lawn cutting rises to $60 per acre of lawn cut, the firm's demand for labor curve
A) shifts rightward. B) shifts leftward. C) does not shift at all, but the firm moves upward along the curve. D) None of the above because this change shifts the supply of labor curve.
Gary Franklin is a movie critic. He invented the Franklin Scale with which he rates movies from 1 to 10 (10 being best). When asked about his scale, Mr. Franklin explained "that it is a subjective measure of movie quality
A movie with a ranking of 10 is not necessarily 10 times better than a movie with a ranking of 1, but it is better. A movie with a ranking of 5 is better than a movie with a ranking of 1, but is not as good a movie with a ranking of 10. That's all it really tells you." Based on Mr. Franklin's description, his scale is: A) ordinal but not cardinal. B) cardinal but not ordinal. C) an objective standard to judge movies. D) neither cardinal nor ordinal.