If a Perfectly Competitive Firm and a Perfectly Price-Discriminating Monopolist

question 166

Multiple Choice

If a perfectly competitive firm and a perfectly price-discriminating monopolist face the same demand and cost curves, then

• A)the competitive firm will attain resource-allocative efficiency, but the monopolist will not.
• B)the competitive firm will attain resource-allocative efficiency, but the monopolist may or may not, depending upon the demand for its product.
• C)the competitive firm will not attain resource-allocative efficiency, but the monopolist will.
• D)both the competitive firm and the monopolist will attain resource-allocative efficiency.
• E)neither the competitive firm nor the monopolist will attain resource-allocative efficiency.

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Definitions:

Direct Labor

Labor costs that are directly tied to the production of goods or the provision of services, such as wages of factory workers.

Factory Overhead

All indirect costs associated with the manufacturing process, including costs related to operating the factory such as utilities, equipment depreciation, and maintenance.

Transferred-In Costs

Costs that are moved from one department or process to another within a company during the production process.

Conversion Costs

The combined costs of direct labor and manufacturing overheads incurred to convert raw materials into finished products.