Monopolies and oligopolies both erect barriers to entry through the use of

A) price cutting.
B) patents.
C) franchising.
D) advertising.


B

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a. is important for economic theory but not relevant to environmental policy b. calls for the equality of additional benefits and additional costs c. is automatically achieved when cost-effectiveness is achieved d. requires that the total costs to society linked to environmental policy are equivalent to the associated total benefits

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Even though prices may change frequently, they can be expected to gravitate toward equilibrium.

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

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incentives

What will be an ideal response?

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An industry consists of five firms with annual sales of $130, $50, $40, $10 and $60. What is the industry's HHI?

A. 10,000 B. 5,654 C. 2,937 D. There is not sufficient information to compute the industry HHI.

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