All of the following encourage increases in technological progress EXCEPT:
A. larger markets through free trade.
B. the possibility of monopoly profits.
C. the ability to patent a new invention.
D. closed economies.
Answer: D
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Suppose the nominal interest rate on a savings bond is 7 percent a year and the inflation rate is 4.5 percent a year. How much is the real interest rate?
A) 4.5 percent B) 1.56 percent C) 2.5 percent D) 7 percent E) 11.5 percent
What is purchasing power parity and what happens when this condition doesn't hold?
What will be an ideal response?
There are 6 firms in a market and the market shares of the firms are 40 percent, 30 percent, 10 percent, 8 percent, 7 percent, and 5 percent. The four-firm concentration ratio is equal to
A) 2738. B) 2664. C) 100. D) 88.
If the government implements a price ceiling on insulin, this will
A) decrease the quantity of insulin the manufacturers will be willing to supply. B) encourage manufacturers to produce and sell more insulin to increase their profits. C) have to be set above the market equilibrium price to be effective. D) increase the price consumers will pay for insulin.