Deterring Entry Might Require a Firm to

question 89

Multiple Choice

Deterring entry might require a firm to

• A) price their product closer to the competitive price than to the monopoly price.
• B) price their product closer to the monopoly price than to the competitive price.
• C) drop output almost to zero to show the consumers "who's boss."
• D) drop price almost to zero to get price below marginal cost.

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Definitions:

Time Tickets

The form on which the amount of time spent by each employee and the labor cost incurred for each individual job, or for factory overhead, are recorded.

Direct Labor Costs

The total cost of wages for employees who work directly on manufacturing a product or providing a service.

Indirect Labor Costs

Expenses related to labor that cannot be directly tied to a specific product or task, such as salaries of supervisors or maintenance staff.

Time Tickets

Time tickets are records used to track the amount of time an employee spends on various tasks or projects, often for billing or payroll purposes.