What is the usual shape of a marginal revenue curve for a monopolist? Why? 2.When a monopolist identifies its profit-maximizing quantity of output, how does it decide what price to charge?  3.Is a monopolist allocatively efficient? Why or why not?

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1.What is the usual shape of a marginal revenue
curve for a monopolist? Why?

2.When a monopolist identifies its profit-maximizing
quantity of output, how does it decide what price to
charge? 

3.Is a monopolist allocatively efficient? Why or why
not? 

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