In contrast with a firm in a competitive market, a monopoly is able to control
a. input costs
b. price
c. profits
d. demand
e. all aspects of its operation
Option b
Price
A monopoly is only one firm in the market, so it has power over price as the firm faces the market demand curve and a market demand curve is downward sloping. It means the firm can sell at a higher price by reducing output.
A perfectly competitive firm is a price taker, and it can sell as much as possible at that price if it increases price there will be no sale, and if it decreases price there will be a loss as the market has perfect information with all stakeholders.
the cost, profit and demand aspect are same for both.
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