Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · 7.6

7.6 — practice question

(a)[12]

Why does a firm trying to maximise profits need to tell apart diminishing returns from economies of scale?

(b)[13]

Analyse and discuss how the market price and quantity supplied could change if a profit maximising firm in a perfectly competitive market gained monopoly status in that market.

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