The ratio of the burden of the tax borne by demanders to the burden born by suppliers will be equal to the sum of the absolute values of the slopes of the demand curve and the supply curve

a. True b. False


b

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It is unlikely that players will attain the Stackelberg equilibrium if

a. both players have a dominant strategy. b. the Stackelberg equilibrium is Pareto preferred to the Nash equilibrium. c. the second player cannot be assured that the first player is committed to his strategy. d. there is an advantage to being the second player.

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If the production of a good causes an external cost, then the efficient quantity is

A) equal to the quantity at which the marginal benefit equals marginal cost. B) less than the quantity at which the marginal benefit equals the marginal cost. C) more than the quantity at which the marginal benefit equals the marginal cost. D) the quantity at which the marginal private benefit is greater than the marginal social benefit. E) None of the above answers is correct.

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During the 1990s, Japan experienced periods of deflation and nominal interest rates that approached zero percent. Why would anyone lending money agree to a nominal interest rate of almost zero percent?

What will be an ideal response?

Economics

Vertical integration can lower firms' costs through each of the following except which one?

A) lowering transaction costs B) accommodating technological interdependencies C) creating synergies D) creating managerial diseconomies

Economics