Monopolistic competitive markets are said to be less
economically efficient than perfectly competitive markets. Explain
why...
Monopolistic competitive markets are said to be less
economically efficient than perfectly competitive markets. Explain
why this is true. Diagram the equivalent long-run equilibrium
points for each to demonstrate your answer.
Explain why monopolistically competitive firms are considered to be
less efficient than the perfectly competitive ones in the long run
despite the fact that both are operating at the break-even
points.
Explain why monopoly is considered to be a less economically
efficient market form than competition. Show by a diagram the
impact on social welfare of the conversion of a competitive market
to a monopoly market.
Explain how elasticity of demand for a monopolized product is
related to the Lerner index of monopoly power.
Is a market output that is less than the competitive output
efficient (efficient in output)? Explain why or why not. Is a
market output that is greater than the competitive output
efficient? Explain why or not.
Classify the following
markets as perfectly competitive, monopolistic, or monopolistically
competitive and explain your answers.
Wooden no. 2 pencils
Copper
Local electricity
service
Peanut butter
lipstick
Classify the following markets as perfectly competitive,
monopolistic, or monopolistically competitive and explain your
answers.
Wooden no. 2 pencils
Copper
Local electricity service
Peanut butter
lipstick
Explain why a perfectly competitive agricultural firm (a farm)
is perfectly efficient in the long run having achieved allocative
efficiency,productive efficiency, and zero economic profit.
A perfectly competitive firm is said to face a perfectly elastic
demand curve
a.) Explain why the price elasticity is so high under perfect
competition:
b.)What is the consequences of a perfectly elastic demand curve
on the marginal revenue received
by the individual perfect competitor?
c.)ased on your answers to b, state the profit optimizing rule
(optimal Q) to as it applies to
perfect competitors ONLY:
Chapter 12 and 13 looked at perfectly competitive and
monopolistic competitive markets. Give an example of a business or
company that fits into each market structure, and explain how they
fit into the market structure referring back to the three criteria
we examined in the beginning of chapter 12. You can NOT use any
companies/businesses from the book.
The 3 criteria are: many buyers and many sellers, all firms must
sell identical products, no barriers to new firms entering the...