Is a Monopolistically Competitive Firm Allocatively Efficient

question 216

Multiple Choice

Is a monopolistically competitive firm allocatively efficient?

• A)No, because it does not produce at minimum average total cost.
• B)Yes, because it produces where marginal cost equals marginal revenue.
• C)No, because price is greater than marginal cost.
• D)Yes, because price equals average total cost.

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A variety of values taken from statistics of a sample, presumed to hold the value of a not yet known population attribute.

Equality of Means

A statistical hypothesis test to determine whether there is a significant difference between the means of two or more groups.

Population Variances

Population variances measure the degree to which each number in a set differs from the mean of the population, showing the spread or dispersion within the set.

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is true.