The principle underlying the kinked-demand curve model of oligopoly is that the demand curve facing one firm is more elastic when other firms in the industry:
A. hold quantities constant when the firm changes its prices.
B. match the firm's price changes.
C. change prices in the opposite direction when the firm changes its prices.
D. hold price constant when the firm changes its prices.
Answer: D
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Suppose that a new customer opens a checking account and a saving account, placing $50,000 in each. Later, the bank makes a loan of $100,000 to a business firm. For this bank
A) assets increased by $100,000 because the loan is an asset, and liabilities increased by $100,000 because the checking and saving accounts are liabilities. B) assets increased by $100,000 because the checking and saving accounts are assets, and liabilities increased by $100,000 because the loan is a liability. C) assets increased by $50,000 because the saving account is an asset, while liabilities increased by $50,000 because the checking account is a liability. D) assets remained unchanged but liabilities increased by $100,000 because of the loan.
A country possesses a comparative advantage in the production of a good if
A) the opportunity cost in terms of forgone output of alternative goods is lower for this country than it is for its trading partners. B) it possesses an absolute advantage in the production of this good. C) it is able to produce more of this good per hour than can any other country. D) all of the above.
Other things the same, an increase in the price level induces people to hold
a. less money, so they lend less, and the interest rate rises. b. less money, so they lend more, and the interest rate falls. c. more money, so they lend more, and the interest rate falls. d. more money, so they lend less, and the interest rate rises.
Assume the production of a good gives rise to external benefits. The government may increase efficiency by
A) subsidizing consumption of the good. B) requiring all producers of the good to be licensed. C) taxing production of the good. D) imposing taxes on the good.