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4. How is this different from Perfect Competition? Monopoly is
different from perfect competition, in ways that:
A. Monopoly has one firm that is price maker, but in perfect
competition has many firms with free entry and exit and firms are
price takers.
B. Monopoly earns positive economic profit in long run, but
perfectly competitive firm earns zero economic profit in the long
run.
C. Perfect competition achieves productive & allocative
efficiency, but monopoly firm is inefficient.
5. Draw three graphs of a monopoly, one in each of the three
situations, a, b, and c and demonstrate how you would choose a
price and quantity and discuss what the monopolist would do in each
situation.
6. What happens in the long-run to the monopolist in each situation
and what does this say about efficiency in monopoly markets?