By shutting down when price is less than average variable cost
at the profit-maximizing level of output, a perfectly competitive
firm will limit its losses to its:
A) total variable costs.
B) total costs.
C) total fixed costs.
D) marginal costs.
Answer:
9) Assume that goods X and Y are substitutes and are produced
in perfectly competitive markets. All else constant, in the short
run, a decrease in the supply of good X would cause:
A) an increase in the demand for good Y.
B) a decrease in the demand for good Y.
C) an increase in the supply of good Y.
D) a decrease in supply of good Y.
Answer:
10) Industry X, which is perfectly competitive, is in long-run
equilibrium. Assume a new law is passed that requires employers in
industry X to provide health insurance to previously uninsured
employees. As a result of this new requirement we would expect to
observe:
A) a decrease in price and an increase in total output in
industry X.
B) a decrease in price and total output in industry X.
C) an increase in price and a decrease in total output in
industry X.
D) an increase in price and total output in industry X.
Answer:
11) All of the following are possible characteristics of a
monopoly except:
A) there is a single firm.
B) the firm is a price taker.
C) the firm produces a unique product.
D) the existence of some advertising.