To maximize its profit, a monopoly should choose a price where demand is:
a. elastic.
b. inelastic.
c. unitary elastic.
d. vertical.
a
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If firms in a monopolistically competitive industry experience short-run losses
A) some firms would like to exit the industry but find they cannot. B) firms increase prices further, until they make at least a normal return. C) firms increase advertising spending to increase demand, until they make at least a normal return. D) some firms exit the industry, causing the demand curves for the remaining firms to shift to the right until they earn a normal profit.