Using graphical analysis ( no numbers) illustrate monopolistic
competition for a positive economic profits, economic losses...
Using graphical analysis ( no numbers) illustrate monopolistic
competition for a positive economic profits, economic losses and
the long run. Show why this is not efficient both in terms of
production and allocation.
Question 1
How are perfect competition and monopolistic competition
different?
Economic profit is not positive for perfect competitors, but it
is for monopolistic competitive firms.
The resources in a society are under-allocated to production within
a perfectly competitive industry.
Items sold within monopolistic competition have more variation in
their characteristics.
Economic profit is more than zero for perfectly competitive firm,
but is zero for monopolistic competitors.
Question 2
________ is firms’ ability to make the same pricing decisions
without consulting...
What factors prevent firms in monopolistic competition to earn
economic profits in the long run? Discuss the adjustment process
and factors such as customer or brand loyalty that might slow the
adjustment process?
Using graphical analysis in explaining your answer,
describe a model to illustrate how the integration of production
factor markets leads to a better allocation of capital and
labor
Describe and illustrate the difference between perfect
competition and monopolistic competition in the long run. Comment
on long run profit, price sensitivities that firms are responding
to as well as welfare and efficiency outcomes in both cases.
Both monopolistic competition and perfectly
competition are market structures where firms earn normal profits
in the long run, but with a difference.
a. Using a single diagram, show the equilibrium
price,output and average costs for both markets in the long
run.
b. Which is the common feature of both markets that makes the
sellers earn only normal profits in the long run?
Recognize the key
characteristics of monopolistic competition
Describe the economic
efficiency and other characteristics of monopolistic competition in
the long run
Explain the economic role
of advertising
Define price
discrimination
Compare and contrast
perfect and imperfect price discrimination
Identify an oligopoly as a
market structure where firms are highly interdependent
Describe collusion and
strategic pricing decisions
Describe game theory and
why it is applied to oligopoly
Explain the role of brands in a monopolistic competition market.
How can the pricing and profits for a firm in this market structure
differ from perfect competition and when will the two market types
reach the same outcome? Why does that make it essential for firms
to have a strong brand identity? Give an example of a product with
this type of market structure and discuss (briefly) how the firms
have established their brands.
Which is more common in the modern economic world and why:
perfect competition of monopolistic competition?
Do students benefit from a perfectly competitive markets?