With a natural monopoly, the normal profit price is ________ and the competitive price is ________.
A. not allocatively efficient; allocatively efficient
B. allocatively efficient; allocatively efficient
C. not allocatively efficient; not allocatively efficient
D. allocatively efficient; not allocatively efficient
Answer: A
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The reason the marginal cost curve increases as output increases for the typical firm is because
A. more productive resources must be employed as a firm increases output. B. less productive resources must be employed as a firm increases output. C. of diseconomies of scale. D. of diminishing marginal benefit.
The table above shows the total utility from the two goods Freddy likes to consume. The marginal utility Freddy receives from consuming an extra bag of Fritos
A) depends on the quantity of fruit drinks consumed. B) decreases as he consumes more bags of Fritos. C) decreases as he consumes more fruit drinks. D) equals 75 when he consumes 2 bags of Fritos.
Bob's Books is the only bookstore in town. The figure above shows the demand curve for books and Bob's Books' marginal revenue curve and marginal cost curve
Bob's Books maximizes its profit and sets the price of a book equal to ________ and has total annual revenue of ________. A) $40; $40,000 B) $30; $60,000 C) $20, $60,000 D) $10; $40,000
In general, a formula that a central bank uses to set interest rates in response to changing economic conditions is called a
A) rate-of-return equation. B) Taylor rule. C) central bank reaction function. D) market adaptation identity.