Which of the following models results in the greatest deadweight loss assuming a fixed number of firms with identical costs and a given demand curve?
A) Cournot
B) Stackelberg
C) Monopoly
D) Perfect competition
C
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In 1913, Congress established the Federal Reserve system with the intention of putting an end to
A) high unemployment rates. B) bank panics. C) high interest rates. D) inflation.
Which of the following types of goods tend toward elastic demand?
a. luxuries b. durable goods c. goods with multiple uses d. All of these.
Proponents of the interest-rate-based monetary policy transmission mechanism argue that when the Federal Reserve buys bonds, there will be
A) an increase in investment spending. B) a decrease in the money supply. C) a decrease in nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP), but not in real income. D) a decrease in the price of outstanding bonds.
In the short run, a monopolist will always shut down when
a. total cost is greater than total revenue at all output levels b. total variable cost is greater than fixed cost c. total revenue is greater than total variable cost at all output levels d. fixed cost is greater than total revenue at all output levels e. total variable cost is greater than total revenue at all output levels