Other Things Being Equal, the Markup Above Marginal Cost That

question 127

Multiple Choice

Other things being equal, the markup above marginal cost that a monopolist charges will be:

• A) higher when there are more substitutes for the monopolist's product.
• B) lower when there are more substitutes for the monopolist's product.
• C) the same, no matter the number of substitutes for the monopolist's product.
• D) zero if there are any substitutes for the monopolist's product.

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