If an industry's long-run average total cost curve has an extended range of constant returns to scale, this implies that:
A. technology precludes both economies and diseconomies of scale.
B. the industry will be a natural monopoly.
C. both relatively small and relatively large firms can be viable in the industry.
D. the industry will be comprised of a very large number of small firms.
Answer: C
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Figure 5-3
Assume the market consists of three consumers with the demand curves in Figure 5-3. At a price of 1, the total market demand is
A. 40. B. 80. C. 140. D. 150.
Aggregate private spending is unstable according to policy activists, primarily because
A) consumer non-durable spending is volatile. B) private residential and non-residential investment is volatile. C) government spending is volatile. D) the money supply is unstable.
Refer to the above figure. What are the price and quantity if this monopolist is required to use average cost pricing?
A) P5, Q1 B) P3, Q3 C) P2, Q1 D) P1, Q4
In a price-fixing agreement amongst two oligopolists, each seller's best strategy would be to maintain the agreement, as it would leave both of them better off
Indicate whether the statement is true or false