Question 1

A long-run supply curve that is downward sloping indicates that the firms' ATC curves

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A)  shift up when the industry expands.
B)  shift down when the industry contracts.
C)  shift down when the industry expands.
D)  do not shift when the industry contracts. C

Question 2

If the representative firm in a purely competitive industry is in short-run equilibrium and, at its current output level, its marginal cost exceeds its average total cost, then we can conclude that

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A)  the firm is suffering economic losses.
B)  the firm is not maximizing profits in the short run.
C)  some firms will exit the industry in the long run.
D)  other firms will enter the industry in the long run.

Question 3

Because the equilibrium position of a purely competitive seller entails an equality of price and marginal costs, competition produces an efficient allocation of economic resources.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The MR = MC rule applies

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A)  in the short run but not in the long run.
B)  in the long run but not in the short run.
C)  in both the short run and the long run.
D)  only to a purely competitive firm.

Question 5

What is the triple equality that we find in pure competition after all long-run adjustments have been made?

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In a constant-cost or increasing-cost industry, in the long run, P = minimum ATC = MC. The final long-run equilibrium positions of all firms have these same basic efficiency characteristics. Price (and marginal revenue)will settle where it is equal to minimum average total cost. Because the MC curve intersects the ATC curve at its minimum point, marginal cost and average total cost are equal. In long-run equilibrium, each firm produces at the output level that is associated with this triple equality.

Question 6

The transformative effects of competition that foster the development of new products or new production methods benefit everyone in society.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Compare the shape of a long-run supply curve for a constant-cost industry, a decreasing-cost industry, and an increasing-cost industry.

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Question 8

Long-run adjustments in purely competitive markets primarily take the form of

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A)  variations in the cost curves of different firms in the market.
B)  entry or exit of firms in the market.
C)  evolution of the market from a constant-cost to an increasing-cost industry.
D)  product differentiation.

Question 9

Resources are efficiently allocated when production occurs where

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A)  marginal cost equals average variable cost.
B)  price is equal to average revenue.
C)  price is equal to marginal cost.
D)  price is equal to average variable cost.

Question 10

Under pure competition, in the long run

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A)  neither allocative efficiency nor productive efficiency is achieved.
B)  both allocative efficiency and productive efficiency are achieved.
C)  productive efficiency is achieved, but allocative efficiency is not.
D)  allocative efficiency is achieved, but productive efficiency is not.

Question 11

What three assumptions are used in the chapter to keep the analysis relatively simple?

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Question 12

Suppose the table above represents the long-run cost structure for a firm in a perfectly competitive industry. Based on this information we can conclude that this firm operates in

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A)  an industry incapable of reaching long-run equilibrium.
B)  a decreasing- cost industry.
C)  an increasing-cost industry.
D)  a constant-cost industry. B

Question 13

Is there a specific amount of time that distinguishes the long run from the short run? Is the amount of time important? Explain.

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Question 14

The accompanying graph represents the purely competitive market for a product. When the market is at equilibrium, the total revenues from selling the equilibrium output level would be represented by the area

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A)  a + b + c.
B)  b.
C)  b + c.
D)  b + c + d.

Question 15

The reason why the long-run supply curve for a purely competitive industry may be upward-sloping is because of diminishing marginal returns.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

An increasing-cost industry is the result of

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A)  higher resource prices that occur as the industry expands.
B)  a change in the industry's minimum efficient scale.
C)  X-inefficiency.
D)  the law of diminishing returns.

Question 17

If the price of bottled water is $1.00 and the marginal cost of producing it is $1.50,

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A)  bottled water is being produced in an increasing-cost industry.
B)  society will realize a net gain if more bottled water is produced.
C)  resources are being overallocated to bottled water.
D)  resources are being underallocated to all other goods.

Question 18

The long-run supply curve for a competitive, decreasing-cost industry is downward-sloping.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

When there is allocative efficiency in a purely competitive market for a product, the minimum price producers are willing to accept is

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A)  less than marginal benefit.
B)  greater than marginal cost.
C)  equal to the amount of efficiency or deadweight losses.
D)  equal to the maximum price consumers are willing to pay.

Question 20

If the competitive firm depicted in this diagram produces output Q, it will

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A)  suffer an economic loss.
B)  earn a normal profit.
C)  earn an economic profit.
D)  achieve productive efficiency but not allocative efficiency.

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