Test#3 Study Guide

The test will consist of 20 True or False and/or Multiple Choice questions worth 5 points each. Test#3 will open on Thursday, March 26th and close on Friday, March 27th by 11:59 pm. 

The following are a list of topics to study for the test:

  • The long run industry supply curve
  • The elasticity of the long run industry supply curve
  • Profits in the long-run in a perfectly competitive industry with free entry and exit
  • The location of the firm's marginal revenue curve under monopoly
  • Profit maximization under monopoly
  • The elasticity of the demand curve for a monopolist
  • Total surplus under monopoly
  • The two major public policies toward natural monopolies
  • Price discrimination definition
  • How a monopoly can engage in price discrimination
  • How a monopoly can achieve perfect price discrimination
  • Collusion vs. cartel
  • Non-cooperative behavior
  • Price war
  • Game theory definition
  • Dominant strategy vs. a Nash equilibrium
  • Antitrust policy definition
  • Product differentiation vs. price leadership
  • Collusion in monopolistic competition in the short run
  • The demand curve under monopolistic competition in the long run