A market structure in which there are many firms selling products that are similar but not identical is known as
a. oligopoly.
b. monopoly.
c. monopolistic competition.
d. perfect competition.
c
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The original work on the application of the time inconsistency problem in macroeconomics is due to
A) Milton Friedman and Robert Lucas. B) Michael Hutchinson and Carl Walsh. C) Finn Kydland and Edward Prescott. D) Robert Barro and Donald Gordon.
Your aunt owns a gold mine. The marginal extraction cost of gold is $25 and remains constant over time. The current market price of a unit of gold is $200. Your aunt's appropriate discount rate is 12%
Next year, your aunt expects the price of a unit of gold to be $222. Should your aunt extract any gold from the mine this year?
How have companies like Uber and Lyft affected the ride-sharing market?
A. Price and quantity of the rides have decreased. B. Price of the rides increased, and the quantity of rides have decreased. C. Price and quantity of the rides have increased. D. Price of the rides decreased, and the quantity of rides have increased.
Figure 8.8 shows demand, marginal revenue, and costs of a duopolist. Suppose that the two duopolists have the same costs. If the two firms form a cartel and charge the profit-maximizing monopoly price, then compared to perfect competition, each firm's profit will be ________ and the total output level will be ________.
A. greater; greater B. greater; smaller C. smaller; greater D. smaller; smaller