Category: Monopoly

The monopolist’s supply curve ?

A. does not exist
B. is the marginal cost curve above average variable cost?
C. is the marginal cost curve above average total cost
D. is the upward-sloping portion of the average total cost curve
E. The upward-sloping portion of the average variable cost

Public ownership of natural monopolies ?

A. tends to be inefficient.
B. usually lowers the cost of production dramatically.
C. creates synergies between the newly acquired firm and other government-owned companies.
D. does none of the things described in these answers

In the UK the government ?

A. Bans monopolies
B. Fines all monopolies
C. Prevents firms acquiring more than 25% of the market
D. Has the right to investigate monopolies and will assess each one on its own merits

Which of the following statements about price and marginal cost in competitive and monopolized markets is true ?

A. In competitive markets, price equals marginal cost, in monopolized markets price exceeds marginal cost.
B. In competitive markets price equals marginal cost, in monopolized markets price equals marginal cost
C. In competitive markets price exceeds marginal cost, in monopolized markets price exceeds marginal cost
D. In competitive markets price exceeds marginal cost in monopolized markets price equals marginal cost

In monopoly in long run equilibrium ?

A. The firm is Productively efficient
B. The firm is allocatively inefficient
C. The firm produces where marginal cost is less than marginal revenue
D. The firm produces at the socially optimal level