Consider a U-Shaped Long-Run Average Cost Curve That Has a Minimum

question 178

Multiple Choice

Consider a U-shaped long-run average cost curve that has a minimum efficient scale at 6,000 units of output.In this case, this industry would be

• A)perfectly competitive if the market quantity demanded is 20,000 units.
• B)monopolistically competitive if the market quantity demanded is 12,000 units.
• C)an oligopoly if the market quantity demanded is 18,000 units.
• D)an oligopoly if the four-firm concentration ratio is more than 10 percent.

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