"A single-price monopoly will always charge a price that is on the elastic range of the demand for the monopoly's output." Explain why the previous statement is correct or incorrect
What will be an ideal response?
The statement is correct. Only when the demand is elastic is marginal revenue positive. (When demand is unit elastic, marginal revenue is zero and when demand is inelastic marginal revenue is negative.) Because marginal cost is always positive, a single-price monopoly will always produce in the elastic range of the demand because it produces where marginal cost equals marginal revenue. Hence the price that the monopoly sets will always be on the elastic range of the demand.
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The U-pick berry market is perfectly competitive. Suppose that all U-pick blueberry farms have the same cost curves and all are making an economic profit. What happens as time passes? What is the long-run equilibrium outcome?
What will be an ideal response?
Refer to Figure 13-8. Based on the diagram, one can conclude that
A) some existing firms will exit the market. B) the industry is in long-run equilibrium. C) new firms will enter the market. D) firms achieve productive efficiency.
Which government program would be considered an "entitlement" program?
A) national defense B) subsidies for mass transportation C) law enforcement in major U.S. cities D) Social Security
If the marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is 0.75, a $50 decrease in government spending, other things being equal, would cause equilibrium real GDP to:
A. increase by $50. B. decrease by $50. C. increase by $200. D. decrease by $200.