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ECON202-UL-Grecco-CH:8,9,10
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Economics
Undergraduate 2
07/22/2014

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The demand curve for a ___________________ firm is perfectly elastic.

Definition
purely competitive
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A competitive firm should increase output if __________.

Definition
MR>MC
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___________ is easiest into a purely competitive market.

Definition
Entry
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Entry is easiest into a ________________.

Definition
purely competitive market
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____________ is the market structure wherein there is a unique product.

Definition
Monopoly
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Monopoly is the market structure wherein there is a ____________.

Definition
unique product
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The AR and MR coincide for a firm in ____________.

Definition
pure competition
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The ____ and ____ coincide for a firm in pure competition.

Definition
AR and MR
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The competitive firm faces a _______________ curve.

Definition

perfectly elastic demand 

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____________is the same as the price for any firm.

Definition
Average revenue 
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A competitive firm shuts down in the short run when __________.

Definition
TR<TVC
Term

A _______________shuts down in the short run when TR<TVC.

Definition
competitive firm
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A firm can continue to operate in the short run as long as its revenue exceeds its __________.

Definition
fixed cost
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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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revenue
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A ____________will set price in the elastic portion of the demand curve.

Definition
monopolist
Term

A monopolist will set price in the elastic portion of the ___________.

Definition
demand curve
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A monopolist must seal off his/her system of ________________ to prevent consumers from reselling the goods they buy.

Definition
price discrimination
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A ____________ must seal off his/her system of price discrimination to prevent consumers from reselling the goods they buy.

Definition
monopolist
Term

A pure monopolist is a ___________.

Definition
price setter
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Various barriers to entry:

Definition

6.     Absolute cost advantages - hyb

Term

Economies of scale are a ________barrier to entry.

Definition
natural
Term

Economies of scale are a natural ____________. 

Definition
barrier to entry
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The demand curve facing a monopolist is _____________sloping.

Definition
downward
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The demand curve facing a __________ is downward sloping.

Definition
monopolist
Term

The ____________facing a monopolist is downward sloping.

Definition
demand curve 
Term

Marginal revenue is less than average revenue in a monopoly because....

Definition
the firm has to lower price on all units sold in order to sell more units
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A pure monopolist will produce in the ________ range of the demand curve.

Definition
elastic
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A ____________ will produce in the elastic range of the demand curve

Definition
pure monopolist 
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A pure monopolist will produce in the elastic range of the ___________.

Definition
demand curve
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A ___________ has no fixed costs in the long run.

Definition
competitive firm
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A competitive firm has no _________ in the long run.

Definition
fixed costs
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A competitive firm has no fixed costs in the ___________.

Definition
long run.
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At long-run equilibrium, a competitive firm earns __________.

Definition
normal profits.
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At _____________, a competitive firm earns normal profits.

Definition
long-run equilibrium
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There is an under or over allocation of resources when P>MC.

Definition
under
Term

There is an under allocation of resources when ___________.

Definition
P>MC
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A constant industry is one in which....

Definition
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.

Definition
ncreasing cost industry
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For an increasing cost industry, resource prices increase or decrease when production increases due to the entry of new firms.

Definition
increase
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Entry into an increasing-cost industry leads to a rise in _____ and ______.

Definition
price and output
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A competitive firm will operate where P=__________. 

Definition
minimum AC
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A ______________will operate where P=minimum AC.

Definition
ompetitive firm
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An optimal allocation of resources occurs when__________.

Definition
P=MC
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In a competitive industry having increasing-costs, the prices of resources fall when the industry _________

Definition
contracts
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