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?

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    £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 ______.

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    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.

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    £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 ______.

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    £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.

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    £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.

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    £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 _______.

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    £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 ______.

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    £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.

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    £9,000
    £90,000
    £69,000
    £9