Financial assets that represent the partial ownership of a firm and ability to share in its profits are called:
A. debt certificates.
B. equities.
C. intermediaries.
D. credit risks.
Answer: B
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An example of a U.S. export is
A) diamonds mined in Africa sold to buyers in South America. B) a TV made in China sold to a buyer in Azerbaijan. C) matchbooks made in Mexico sold to a buyer in New Jersey. D) a washing machine made in Indiana sold to a buyer in France. E) pasta made in Italy sold to buyers in Spain.
A person will choose to buy a good as long as
A) marginal benefit is at least as great as price. B) consumer surplus is positive. C) marginal benefit is positive. D) consumer surplus is at least as great as price.
Refer to Figure 14-7. Uniguest, Inc is a company that provides PCs with internet access and touch-sensitive screens to hotels
Suppose the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas informs Uniguest that it is considering installing these systems in its hotel rooms. The Hard Rock expects to be able to charge higher prices for these rooms if it installs Uniguest's systems in its rooms. The two companies begin bargaining over what price the Hard Rock will pay Uniguest for its systems, and the decision tree shown above illustrates this bargaining game. Note that the profit figures listed in the decision tree are additional profits for the Hard Rock and total profits for Uniguest. a. Suppose the Hard Rock offers Uniguest $1,200 per system. Will Uniguest accept or reject this offer? Why? b. Suppose the Hard Rock offers Uniguest $800 per system. Will Uniguest accept or reject this offer? Why? c. Suppose Uniguest attempts to obtain a favorable outcome from the bargaining by telling the Hard Rock it will reject an $800-per-system offer. If the Hard Rock does not believe the threat is credible, what will it do? Why? What will Uniguest do? Why? d. Is there a subgame-perfect equilibrium in this situation? Explain.
The long-run market supply curve in the presence of internal economies of scale is ________, and in the presence of external economies of scale, it is ________
A) downward sloping; downward sloping B) upward sloping; horizontal C) horizontal; upward sloping D) downward sloping; horizontal E) upward sloping; downward sloping