Price-fixing is an explicit agreement among producers to sell a good at a particular price.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

The most explicit form of coordination among oligopolists is price-fixing, which occurs when firms in an oligopoly explicitly agree to charge a uniform (monopoly) price.

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A. grew at about the same rate B. grew more slowly C. grew more rapidly D. declined

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To achieve long-run equilibrium in an economy with a recessionary gap, without the use of stabilization policy, the inflation rate must:

A. not change. B. increase. C. decrease. D. either increase or decrease depending on the relative shifts of AD and AS.

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If the exchange rate rises as shown by the arrow in the figure above, the price of imports coming into the United States will be ________, Americans will supply ________ dollars in order to get the foreign exchange to purchase ________ imported goods

. A) higher; more; more B) lower; more; more C) lower; fewer; more D) lower; fewer; fewer E) higher; fewer; more The figure above shows supply curves of dollars in the foreign exchange market.

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If goods X and Y are complements, then the cross price elasticity of demand will be

A) elastic. B) greater than zero but less than 1. C) negative. D) positive.

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