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A competitive firm should increase output if __________. |
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___________ is easiest into a purely competitive market. |
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Entry is easiest into a ________________. |
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____________ is the market structure wherein there is a unique product. |
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Monopoly is the market structure wherein there is a ____________. |
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The AR and MR coincide for a firm in ____________. |
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The ____ and ____ coincide for a firm in pure competition. |
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The competitive firm faces a _______________ curve. |
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____________is the same as the price for any firm. |
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A competitive firm shuts down in the short run when __________. |
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A _______________shuts down in the short run when TR<TVC. |
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A firm can continue to operate in the short run as long as its revenue exceeds its __________. |
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A firm can continue to operate in the short run as long as its _________exceeds its fixed costs. |
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A ____________will set price in the elastic portion of the demand curve. |
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A monopolist will set price in the elastic portion of the ___________. |
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A monopolist must seal off his/her system of ________________ to prevent consumers from reselling the goods they buy. |
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A ____________ must seal off his/her system of price discrimination to prevent consumers from reselling the goods they buy. |
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A pure monopolist is a ___________. |
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Various barriers to entry: |
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Economies of scale are a ________barrier to entry. |
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Economies of scale are a natural ____________. |
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The demand curve facing a monopolist is _____________sloping. |
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The demand curve facing a __________ is downward sloping. |
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The ____________facing a monopolist is downward sloping. |
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Marginal revenue is less than average revenue in a monopoly because.... |
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A pure monopolist will produce in the ________ range of the demand curve. |
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A ____________ will produce in the elastic range of the demand curve |
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A pure monopolist will produce in the elastic range of the ___________. |
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A ___________ has no fixed costs in the long run. |
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A competitive firm has no _________ in the long run. |
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A competitive firm has no fixed costs in the ___________. |
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At long-run equilibrium, a competitive firm earns __________. |
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At _____________, a competitive firm earns normal profits. |
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There is an under or over allocation of resources when P>MC. |
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There is an under allocation of resources when ___________. |
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A constant industry is one in which.... |
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the process of resources are most affected by the entry or exit of firms. |
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For an __________________, resource prices increase when production increases due to the entry of new firms. |
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For an increasing cost industry, resource prices increase or decrease when production increases due to the entry of new firms. |
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Entry into an increasing-cost industry leads to a rise in _____ and ______. |
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A competitive firm will operate where P=__________. |
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A ______________will operate where P=minimum AC. |
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An optimal allocation of resources occurs when__________. |
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In a competitive industry having increasing-costs, the prices of resources fall when the industry _________ |
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