If one of the agents in an Edgeworth Box has monopoly power and maximizes profit as the sole seller, then the economic outcome is:
A) inefficient because the monopoly has no incentive to be technically efficient.
B) inefficient because the monopoly produces less than the optimal amount of output.
C) Both A and B are correct.
D) none of the above
B
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A) inelastic. B) elastic. C) unit elastic. D) perfectly elastic. E) perfectly inelastic.
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A) how well its economy functions relative to other countries. B) the size of the country, with larger nations always doing better than smaller ones. C) how well the economy functions within that country. D) whether or not its currency is adopted as the world's monetary standard.