Denise is shopping for lobsters and eclairs. When she faces budget line b1, she chooses market basket A over market basket B. When she faces budget line b2, she chooses basket B over basket C
Which assumption of consumer theory helps us determine Denise's preference ordering over basket A and basket C? A) Completeness
B) More is better than less
C) Transitivity
D) Convexity
C
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In 1980, one Zimbabwean dollar was worth 1.47 U.S. dollars. By the end of 2008, the exchange rate was one U.S. dollar to 2 billion Zimbabwean dollars
When an economy experiences rapid increases in the price level such as what occurred in Zimbabwe, the economy is said to experience A) inflation. B) stagflation. C) hyperinflation. D) deflation.
Increased trade restrictions
A. Reduce total consumption possibilities. B. Alter a nation's production possibilities. C. Have a neutral impact since the losses cancel out the benefits. D. Increase a trade deficit in the short run.
In some markets consumers may buy many different brands of a product. Which of the statements below best represents a situation where demand for a particular brand would be very elastic?
A. "I pinch pennies in buying other products, but like most people I feel I owe it to myself to get the best brand of this product." B. "The brand I buy is so superior to other available brands that I hardly consider the others." C. "The different brands are almost identical so I always buy the cheapest." D. "I use so little of that product that when I do buy it, I don't pay much attention to the price."
??Firm 2???High PriceLow PriceFirm 1High PriceFirm 1 earns $100; Firm 2 earns $100Firm 1 earns $25; Firm 2 earns $150?Low PriceFirm 1 earns $150; Firm 2 earns $25Firm 1 earns $50; Firm 2 earns $50Table 12.2In the game shown in Table 12.2, if Firm 1 believes that Firm 2 will choose the high price strategy, Firm 1 should:
A. choose the low price strategy. B. choose the high price strategy. C. refuse to play the game because Firm 1 will surely lose. D. choose a strategy at random because Firm 1 cannot control the outcome.