Draw a demand, marginal revenue and marginal cost curve for a monopoly firm. Be sure to label axes and curves. a. Identify efficient and equilibrium quantity exchanged. b. Identify monopoly price. c. Explain why I am not asking for a supply curve.

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4. Draw a demand, marginal revenue and marginal cost curve for a monopoly firm. Be sure to label axes and curves. a. Identify efficient and equilibrium quantity exchanged.

b. Identify monopoly price.

c. Explain why I am not asking for a supply curve.

 

5. Explain what is the relationship between marginal cost and average total costs for a firm or industry exhibiting each of the following:

a. Economies of scale.

b. Constant returns to scale.

c. Diseconomies of scale.

 

6. Assume that the economy is facing the zero lower bound.

a. Explain how the Federal Reserve might engage in expansionary monetary policy and what that will do when the economy is facing the zero lower bound.

b. Explain how expansionary fiscal policy might influence the economy when facing the zero lower bound.

 

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