Demand and Marginal Revenue Curves Are Downward-Sloping for Monopolistically Competitive

question 166

Multiple Choice

Demand and marginal revenue curves are downward-sloping for monopolistically competitive firms because

• A) each firm has to take the market price as given.
• B) product differentiation allows each firm some degree of monopoly power.
• C) there are a few large firms in the industry and they each act as a monopolist.
• D) mutual interdependence among all firms in the industry leads to collusion.

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