When a new firm enters a monopolistically competitive market, the individual demand curves faced by all existing firms in that market will

a. shift to the left.
b. shift to the right.
c. shift in a direction that is unpredictable without further information.
d. remain unchanged. It is the supply curve that will shift.


a

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Refer to the figure below. In response to gradually falling inflation, this economy will eventually move from its short-run equilibrium to its long-run equilibrium. Graphically, this would be seen as

A. long-run aggregate supply shifting leftward B. Short-run aggregate supply shifting downward C. Aggregate demand shifting rightward D. Aggregate demand shifting leftward

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U.S. real GDP

A) measures the change in the price level over time. B) precisely measures the improving standard of living in the United States. C) excludes the value of underground production and leisure time. D) includes the value of underground production but excludes the value of leisure time. E) is not as accurate as nominal GDP when measuring standard of living changes over time.

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In the figure above, what is Gap's markup?

A) $50 B) $15 C) $35 D) zero

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Using Figure 1 above, if the aggregate demand curve shifts from AD1 to AD2 the result in the short run would be:

A. P1 and Y2. B. P3 and Y1. C. P2 and Y2. D. P2 and Y3.

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