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Chapter 9, Problem 5P
To determine
Problem with monopoly, comparison of monopoly and
Concept Introduction:
A market with the single seller and large number of buyers is referred as
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QUESTION 8
Kim is a cook that makes really unique egg rolls and she is the only person selling these egg rolls. Assume Kim's demand is linear and
that she profit maximises.
Select the item from the list provided to make the following statements true:
Kim's egg roll business operates in a monopoly because
1. is less than
2. profit
3. there are close substitutes
4. is greater than
5. there is only one seller
6. dead weight loss
7. is equal to
8. she is a price taker
9. there are many sellers
Kim is profit maximising implying that she is producing at
where her marginal revenue
her
marginal cost of production.
✓ If Kim were to produce where her marginal cost intersects
the demand curve for her egg rolls, she would be
maximising
10. revenue
11. consumer surplus
12, is exactly twice of
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- 2) A monopoly faces a demand elasticity of -10 and marginal cost of $2, what is the optimal monopoly price? (Calculate using the monopoly pricing formula) What is the Lerner index?arrow_forwardCOURSE: MICROECONOMICS - MONOPOLY We appreciate a perfect competition market where there is a predetermined limit number of firms with 20 total firms.Each has the cost function such that: CTi = qi2 + 4qi + 3 where qi indicates numbers of firms (i = 20) The demand in the market is: Q = 100 - 4pa) What is the individual supply of each firm? (answered)b) What is the supply of the whole industry? (answered)c) Obtain the market equilibrium (answered)In the case where a new firm intended to enter a monopolist's market:d) What kind of legitimate entry barriers can the firm face understanding the nature of the market it wishes to enter?e) What type of anticompetitive barriers could the firm already in the market present? NOTE: a), b) and c) for perfect competition have been already answered by a tutor; please answer d) and e) questionsarrow_forwardCompared to a competitive firm, a monopoly will ... (select all correct answers) A. produce an output where marginal revenue is lower than marginal cost B. charge a higher price □ C. produce greater quantities OD. be less efficientarrow_forward
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