If the Factor Supply Curve Facing a Monopolist Is the Market

question 21

Multiple Choice

If the factor supply curve facing a monopolist is the market supply curve, and if the market supply curve is an upward sloping straight line, the marginal expenditure curve

• A) lies below the market supply curve.
• B) lies above the market supply curve.
• C) is the market supply curve.
• D) crosses the market supply curve at the market wage rate.
• E) either A or B is possible.

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