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nevelica

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on: Jun 30, 2018
Assume that the adoption of a new technology costing 8 per year lowers the marginal cost of producing Good X from 7 to 3 . The firm will adopt the new technology if it expects annual profit to increase from 14 to 18.
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

The force that leads to zero economic profits for monopolistically competitive firms in the long run is:
 a. excess capacity.
 b. price wars among firms.
  c. new entry.
 d. excessive advertising.


sarajane1989

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Reply #1 on: Jun 30, 2018
Answer to Question 1

F

Answer to Question 2

c


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