At a monopoly firm's profit-maximizing output, price will exceed marginal cost simply because price exceeds marginal revenue

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"At a monopoly firm's profit-maximizing output, price will exceed marginal cost simply because price exceeds marginal revenue for a downward-sloping demand curve." Explain why this is so and indicate what factors will affect the size of the price-marginal cost gap.
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Intermediate Microeconomics and Its Application

ISBN: 978-1133189039

12th edition

Authors: Walter Nicholson, Christopher M. Snyder

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