Principles of Economics 2e
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Chapter22: Inflation
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 18RQ: What is deflation?
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The diagram below describes a
a. The quantity of output, qo , that maximizes profit.
b. The quantity of output, qfe , that would represent the firm’s full capacity.
c. The quantity of output, qs , that would represent the socially optimal output level.
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The profit maximizing condition of monopolistic competition is determined at the point where marginal revenue is equal to marginal cost and marginal cost curve should cut marginal revenue curve from below.
At the point of intersection the profit maximizing level of output is q0 and profit maximizing price is Pm
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