By keeping new firms from entering the market, oligopolies are more likely to have
a. long-run economic profit
b. low prices
c. great efficiency
d. decreasing marginal costs
e. economies of scale
A
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An economic model suggests that an additional year of education increases a student's future wages by 15 percent. Using this model, answer the following questions: a) Gary completes 8 years of education, and John completes 9 years of education
If Gary earns $20 per hour, how much is John expected to earn? b) John completes 9 years of education, and Kevin completes 12 years of education. Given John's earnings [as calculated in a)], how much is Kevin expected to earn? c) Is there any limitation to such a model? Explain your answer.
When all else is held constant, during recessions government
(a) revenues and expenditures increase. (b) revenues increase and expenditures decrease. (c) revenues decrease and expenditures rise. (d) revenues and expenditures decrease.
Suppose milk and cereal are compliments and the demand for milk is Qdm = 40 - 6Pm - 2Pc, where Qdm stands for millions of gallons of milk demanded, Pm stands for the price of milk and Pc stands for the price of cereal. The supply of milk is Qsm = 6Pm - 8, where Qsm stands for millions of gallons of milk supplied. The demand and supply of cereal are Qdc = 90 - 5Pc - Pm and Qsc = 5Pc - 10, respectively, where Qdc stands for millions of boxes of cereal demanded and Qsc stands for millions of boxes of cereal supplied. What is the general equilibrium quantity of milk?
A. 6.22 million gallons B. 1.48 million gallons C. Zero gallons D. 50.56 million gallons
Which of the following is true? a. The nominal wage will be constant only if the inflation rate is constant
b. The real wage will be greater than the nominal wage only if the inflation rate is constant. c. The nominal wage and the real wage will change by the same amount if the price level is constant. d. The real wage will be equal to one only if the price level is zero. e. The real wage will be constant only if the nominal wage is constant.