The legislation passed in 2010 that was intended to reform regulation of the financial system was the
A) Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
B) Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
C) Glass-Steagall Act.
D) Federal National Mortgage Act.
Answer: A
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Prices of PlayStation 4 game systems are similar at almost every large retailer and little price competition occurs among these retailers. An explanation for this is
A) retailers are in a prisoner's dilemma which causes them to all charge the same price for PlayStation 4 game systems. B) pricing PlayStation 4 game systems is a repeated game. Over a long period of time a cooperative equilibrium has been reached where retailers charge high prices for these systems. C) retailers are all price takers. D) retailers have lobbied state governments to allow them to collude legally to set the prices of certain products.
Bonnie gets her hair cut at her usual salon and is very happy with the results. Later that afternoon, she goes to the mall and sees that a hair salon is giving away free haircuts only on that day. If Bonnie does not take advantage of the giveaway, it is because the:
a. marginal utility of the next haircut would be zero or negative. b. marginal utility of the next haircut would increase. c. marginal utility of the next haircut would be zero or positive. d. total utility of both haircuts would be zero or negative. e. total utility of both haircuts would be higher than just one haircut.
If monopolies are both inevitable and bad, which policy alternative will be least disruptive of all effective policy alternatives?
a. regulate prices b. nationalize c. laissez-faire d. encourage concentration e. split up the monopoly
A government wishing to maximize its tax revenues should
A) always assess the highest possible tax rate. B) always assess the lowest possible tax rate. C) determine the highest possible tax rate and then back it down by exactly 4 percentage points. D) push tax rates up to the point where revenues peak, but raise the tax rate no farther.