Assume the firms firms operating in an oligopolistic market experience a relatively small change in marginal costs. According to the kinked demand curve model this would:
A) cause a large change in the profit-maximizing level of output.
B) leave the equilibrium price unchanged.
C) cause the profit-maximizing level of output to change by the same amount and in the same direction.
D) cause the profit-maximizing price to change by the same amount but in the opposite direction.
B
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A) a decrease in idle capital B) a decrease in unemployment C) a general technological advance that affects all sectors of the economy D) a technological advance in only one sector of the economy E) none of the above
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