Competitive Advantages and Competitor Analysis

A monopolistic competitor has the following information about cost and demand. Quantity Price ($) Total Marginal Total Marginal Average Revenue Revenue Cost ($) Cost ($) Cost($) ($) (S) 0 19.00 30.00 2 18.00 36.00 18.00 35.00 2.50 17.50 4 17.00 68.00 16.00 45.00 5.00 11.25 6 16.00 96.00 14.00 60.00 7.50 10.00 8 15.00 120.00 12.00 77.00 10 14.00 140.00 10.00 12 13.00 156.00 8.00 14 12.00 168.00 6.00 16 11.00 176.00 4.00 18 10.00 180.00 2.00 8.50 9.63 100.00 11.50 10.00 126.00 13.00 10.50 165.00 19.50 11.79 210.00 22.50 13.13 260.00 25.00 14.44 20 9.00 180.00 320.00 30.00 16.00 If this industry was perfectly competitive, what price would the good sell for? $13 $12 $15 $14

If monopolistically competitive firms in an industry are making an economic profit, then new firms will enter the industry and the product demand facing existing firms will         increase.        become less elastic.        not be affected.        decrease.

In comparing an oligopolistic firm to a perfectly competitive firm it is generally assumed that the price charged by the competitive firm will be higher than the price charged by the oligopolistic firm. True or False (Explain)