Economics For Today
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What is the first item to identify when determining the short-run equilibrium for a monopolistically competitive firm?
a. the total profits
b. the total revenue
C. the total costs
d. the profit-maximizing level of output
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.
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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