The XYZ Company Is a Profit-Maximizing Firm with a Monopoly

question 52

Multiple Choice

The XYZ Company is a profit-maximizing firm with a monopoly in the production of pennants.The firm sells its pennants for $10 each.We can conclude that the XYZ Company is producing a level of output at which the demand for pennants is:

• A) elastic.
• B) unit price elastic.
• C) inelastic.
• D) perfectly inelastic.

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Definitions:

Payroll Tax

A tax on the earnings an employer pays to an employee.

Burden Of The Tax

The burden of the tax refers to the impact of a tax on the economic welfare of stakeholders, indicating who ultimately bears the cost of the tax.

Elasticity Of Demand

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in the price of that good, quantitatively measured as the percentage change in quantity demanded relative to a percentage change in price.

Elasticity Of Supply

A measure of how much the quantity supplied of a good changes in response to a change in its price.