EU17L4
1
Rocky's Mountain Water is an unregulated natural monopoly that bottles fresh spring water. The figure shows the demand for Rocky's Mountain Water. Marginal cost is £0.20 per bottle. What is the price of a bottle of Rocky's Mountain Water?
£0.20
£0.50
£0.40
£0.30
2
Rocky's Mountain Water is an unregulated natural monopoly that bottles fresh spring water. The figure shows the demand for Rocky's Mountain Water. Marginal cost is £0.20 per bottle. Rocky's maximizes ______.
total surplus
output
producer surplus
consumer surplus
3
The government decides to regulate Rocky's Mountain Water by imposing a marginal cost pricing rule. The figure shows the demand for Rocky's Mountain Water. Marginal cost is £0.20 per bottle. The price of a bottle of Rocky's Mountain Water is __________ and it sells _________ thousand bottles a month.
£0.50; 300
£0.20; 600
£0.50; 150
£0.20; 300
4
The government decides to regulate Rocky's Mountain Water by imposing a marginal cost pricing rule. The figure shows the demand for Rocky's Mountain Water. Marginal cost is £0.20 per bottle. Each month, consumer surplus is _________ and producer surplus is ______.
£180,000; zero
zero; £18,000
zero; £180,000
£18,000; zero
5
The government decides to regulate Rocky's Mountain Water by imposing an average cost pricing rule. The figure shows the demand for Rocky's Mountain Water. Marginal cost is £0.20 per bottle and the total fixed cost per month is £80,000. The price of a bottle of Rocky's Mountain Water is _______and it sells ______ thousand bottles a month.
£0.40; 400
£0.60; 150
£0.20; 600
£0.40; 200
6
The government decides to regulate Rocky's Mountain Water by imposing an average cost pricing rule. The figure shows the demand for Rocky's Mountain Water. Marginal cost is £0.20 per bottle and the total fixed cost per month is £80,000. Producer surplus is ________ a month.
£80,000
£320
£320,000
£80
7
The average cost pricing rule ________________________.
is neither totally in the public interest nor in the private interest
maximizes surpluses
is totally in the private interest
is totally in the public interest
8
The value of capital that Rocky has invested in his business is £1 million. The government introduces a rate of return regulation requiring Rocky to sell his Mountain Water at a price that gives a rate of return of 3 percent on his capital. The figure shows the demand for Rocky's Mountain Water. Marginal cost is £0.20 per bottle and the total fixed cost per month is £80,000. The price of a bottle of Rocky's Mountain Water is _______.
£0.40
impossible to calculate
£0.80
£0.48
9
The value of capital that Rocky has invested in his business is £1 million. The government introduces a rate of return regulation requiring Rocky to sell his Mountain Water at a price that gives a rate of return of 3 percent on his capital. The figure shows the demand for Rocky's Mountain Water. Marginal cost is £0.20 per bottle and the total fixed cost per month is £80,000. The deadweight loss created is ______.
£20,000
impossible to calculate
zero
£20
10
The value of capital that Rocky has invested in his business is £1 million. The government introduces a rate of return regulation requiring Rocky to sell his Mountain Water at a price that gives a rate of return of 3 percent on his capital. The figure shows the demand for Rocky's Mountain Water. Marginal cost is £0.20 per bottle and the total fixed cost per month is £80,000. Rocky decides to pad his costs in order to maximize producer surplus. Rocky will inflate his costs by ___________ a month.
£9,000
£90,000
£69,000
£9