Producers of close substitutes have little or no incentive to merge.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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Which of the following best represents collectivization costs?
A) Dinesh has to spend time and effort to make sure that the chemical factory is living up to the agreed upon bargain that it will reduce the pollution it is releasing into the local river by 50 percent. B) Laila needs to come up with enough cash to pay the owners of the paper manufacturing plant, its attorneys, accountants, and negotiators so that a bargain can be reached with the paper manufacturer to reduce air pollution. C) Esperanza has to spend time and effort locating and organizing all the other people who have been adversely affected by the strong odors emanating from the local slaughterhouse in order to initiate the bargaining process. D) Rafael has to spend time determining whether the fertilizer manufacturer, the lead smelter, or the oil refinery is the cause of pollution seeping into the groundwater in his local community.
The economic theory of discrimination suggests that the practice of apartheid in South Africa should have
a. worsened the economic condition of only the blacks. b. worsened the economic condition of only the whites. c. worsened the economic condition of whites as well as others. d. improved the economic condition of the whites.
Which statement is false?
A. Crime and drugs are central to the ghetto culture. B. Ghetto residents are more likely to be street crime victims than middle class people. C. A basic way to reduce crime would be to alleviate poverty. D. None of these statements are false.
Opportunity cost may be defined as the
A. Goods or services that are forgone in order to obtain something else. B. Dollar cost of producing a particular product. C. Dollar prices paid for final goods and services. D. Difference between wholesale and retail prices.