Is monopolistic competition efficient and socially desirable for the welfare of the economy

Q: A monopolistically competitive firm (NOT a monopolist) has market power because of:

A: The type of structure of the market where there exist many producers selling products that are…

Q: Assume a monopolistic publisher has agreed to pay an author 10 percent of the total revenue from the…

A: No, the publisher and the author will not charge the same price. In the case of the situation, the…

Q: What economic criteria does a profit maximizing monopolist use to decide how much to produce?

A: Monopoly is a type of market structure in which there is only a single seller. The monopolist is a…

Q: Which of the following is a characteristic of monopolistic competition? few sellers homogeneous…

A: There are different market structures, oligopoly, monopoly, monopolistic competition and perfect…

Q: Monopolistically competitive markets are like perfectly competitive markets because

A: Characteristics of a perfectly competitive market.  A large number of buyers and sellers Homogenous…

Q: Like the monopolist, the monopolistically competitive firm:   Question 33 options: a faces a…

A: Monopolistic competition refers to the situation where there are many firms exists in the market.…

Q: Monopolistic competitive firms are productively inefficient because production occurs where Multiple…

A: The type of market structure in which there are many firms in the market who sell similar products…

Q: Consider a monopolistically competitive market with N firms. Each firm’s business opportunities are…

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Q: Suppose that, due to a successful advertising campaign, a monopolistic competitor experiences an…

A: In monopolistic competition markets, there are a large number of firms competing with each other in…

Q: Monopolistically competitive firms are most likely to have profits: A. That are higher than…

A: In a monopolistic competition , each seller is intensively involved in the sale of a differentiated…

Q: Select one or two examples of an industry characterized by monopoly and discuss how each example…

A: A monopoly is a market structure characterized by the existence of a single firm as the producing…

Q: What is monopolistic competition characterized by? too few firms, each producing too much too many…

A: In monopolistically competitive market, the sellers sell differentiated produces which are close…

Q: Proponents of monopolistic competition point to which of the following?

A: The economics as a study is based upon the idea that the nations, societies, or economies tend to…

Q: Is the outcome in a monopolistically competitive market desirable from the standpoint of society?…

A: A monopolistic competitive market is the one where firms provide differentiated goods which makes…

Q: On a graph for a monopolist or monopolistic competitor, which of the following curves coincide? a)…

A: (2) The demand curve depicts the price at each level of quantity demanded.  Average revenue is…

Q: Assume a monopolistic publisher has agreed to pay an author 15 percent of the total revenue from the…

A: No, the publisher and the author will not charge the same price. In the case of the situation, the…

Q: Why is marginal revenue below average revenue for a monopolist?

A: In monopoly markets there is a price effect and output effect..

Q: A monopolistically competitive firm maximize profit where

A: Monopolistically competitive:- Monopolistic competition describes an economy where several…

Q: Monopolistic competition has which drawback compared to a monopoly?

A: From the side of consumer monopolistic competition is always better than monopoly but in case of…

Q: What is monopolistic competition? Give a real-life example which follows the pattern very closely.

A: Monopolistic competition is one of the 4 main market structures which are:- Perfectly competitive…

Q: what are four differences and three similarities between the monopoly and monopolistic market…

A: There are four types of market namely perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly, and monopolistic…

Q: The situation of monopolistic competition is created by

A: Based on the features of the market, number of sellers, type of products, barriers to entry, etc.,…

Q: In a monopolistically competitive industry with zero profits, each firm will produce less than the…

A: In monopolistic competitive market there are many firms selling the differentiated goods.

Q: Economic theory predicts a monopolist will discontinue production in the short run if: Multiple…

A: a firm in short run choose to discontinue the production only if it is not able to cover its…

Q: If the price is greater than Actual total cost, does the monopolistic firm makes a profit, loss, or…

A: Monopolistic competition is a market structure with many seller selling differentiated products from…

Q: Firms under monopolistic competition earn zero profit because   a) There is not enough demand.…

A: Monopolistic competition is a type of market wherein many firms are present which produce homogenous…

Q: A profit-maximizing monopolistic competitor continues production until ________. a. marginal…

A: A market form in which there is a single seller selling to multiple buyers is a monopoly.

Q: As long as _________ exist, a monopolist can earn positive profits in the long run A.Entry barriers…

A: In a monopoly there is a sole producer of a good in the market thus acting as a price maker.

Q: if a monopolistic firm takes over a perfectly competaive market we would expect to see market price…

A: Features of perfect competition 1) large number of buyers and sellers selling homogenous goods 2)…

Q: Would a company selling in a monopolistic competitive market potentially produce a product with a…

A: A Monopolistically competitive firm potentially produces at a point where the Marginal Cost is equal…

Q: Why is monopolistic competition the most common market structure?

A: Monopolistic competition is a market where differentiated products are being supplied by many firms…

Q: does a monopolistic competitor produce too much or too little output compared to the most efficient…

A: A monopolistic market is characterized by many sellers selling differentiated products, imperfect…

Q: For each of the following characteristics, say whether it describes a monopoly firm, a monopolistic…

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Q: Due to a successful advertising campaign, a monopolistic competitor experiences an increase in…

A: The advertising campaign will attract new customers. Therefore, the firm’s demand curve will shift…

Q: In which industry is monopolistic competition most likely to be found?                   Utilities…

A: Monopolistic competition is a kind of market structure where there are several competitors on the…

Q: Monopolistically competitive firms could increase the quantity they produce and potentially lower…

A: Profit maximization condition of a monopolistically competitive firm is where, MC = MR. so, they try…

Q: Does the monopolistic firm make a profit, loss, or zero economic profit in the long run?

A: Monopolistic competition- It is an imperfect competition in which there are many producers who sell…

Q: In the long run, the economic profits for a monopolistically competitive firm will be Multiple…

A: Long run: It means a period of time in which all factors of production and costs are variable.