The barrier to entry protecting a social site like Facebook is primarily
A. ownership of a scarce factor of production.
B. patents.
C. economies of scale.
D. network effects.
Answer: D
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A) minimum wage of $9.00; a decrease in job search. B) minimum wage of $5.00; an increase in job rationing. C) efficiency wage of $9.00; an increase in job rationing. D) efficiency wage of $8.00; unemployment and job rationing. E) union-negotiated wage of $7.50; unemployment and job rationing.
When a nonprice change affects any of the four components of GDP the:
A. aggregate demand curve will shift left or right. B. economy will move up or down along the aggregate demand curve. C. aggregate demand curve will remain unaffected. D. aggregate supply with shift left or right.
Economist John Maynard Keynes wrote that the economy naturally gravitates toward smooth growth and high levels of employment
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
A monopoly has two production plants with cost functions C1 = 40 + 0.2Q12 and C2 = 50 + 0.1Q22. The demand it faces is Q = 480 ? 5P. What is the profit-maximizing price?
A. $40 per unit B. $50 per unit C. $45 per unit D. $60 per unit