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AmosWEB What is the relationship between a monopolist's demand curve and its marginal revenue curve?The marginal revenue curve for the monopoly firm lies below its demand curve. It shows the additional revenue gained from selling an additional unit.
What is the relationship between the marginal revenue curve of a monopolistically competitive firm and the demand curve of this firm?Because a monopolistically competitive firm faces a downward-sloping demand curve, its marginal revenue curve is a downward-sloping line that lies below the demand curve, as in the monopoly model.
Why is marginal revenue curve below demand curve for a monopoly?For a monopoly, the marginal revenue curve is lower on the graph than the demand curve, because the change in price required to get the next sale applies not just to that next sale but to all the sales before it.
What is the relationship between price and marginal revenue in monopolistic competition?In a monopolistically competitive market, the rule for maximizing profit is to set MR = MC—and price is higher than marginal revenue, not equal to it because the demand curve is downward sloping.
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