Micro Economics For Today
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ISBN: 9781337613064
Author: Tucker, Irvin B.
Publisher: Cengage,
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Chapter 10, Problem 2SQ
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Which of the following statements is correct?
a. In the long run, both perfectly competitive firms and monopolistically competitive firms operate with excess capacity.
b. A firm operates with excess capacity when, in the long run, its level of output is below the efficient scale.
c. For any firm, efficient scale is the level of output at which the average-total-cost curve is tangent to the demand curve.
d. All of the above are correct.
All of the following are characteristics of long-run equilibrium for firms in a monopolistically competitive market except: A. price equals marginal cost. B. price equals average total cost. C. price exceeds the minimum of average total cost. D. marginal cost equals marginal revenue.
Monopolistically competitive firms use product differentiation to
a.limit the number of firms in the industry.
b.ensure long-run profits.
c.achieve market power.
d.block other firms from entering the industry.
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