Which of the following is true of monopoly?
a. There are no barriers to entry.
b. The firm is a price taker.
c. There are no close substitutes for the product being produced.
d. There are many firms in the industry.
e. The firm faces a horizontal demand curve.
C
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Larry Krovitz is a salesman who works at a used-car showroom in Sydney, Australia. It's the last week of July but he is yet to meet his sales target for the month. A customer, Harold Kumar, who wants to buy a Ford Fiesta, walks in to the showroom
After taking one of the cars for a test drive, Harold decides to buy it. While $11,000 was the least that Larry would have been willing to accept for that car, he quotes a price of $15,000 . After some bargaining, the car is sold for $12,000 . a. What is the producer surplus in this case? b. If Larry bought the car for $8,000, what is his profit? c. Is producer surplus always equal to profit? Explain your answer.
If Spain is capable of producing either tapas or soccer balls or some combination of those two products, then Spain should:
A. trade only if it possesses the absolute advantage in the production of both goods. B. remain self-sufficient if it can produce both efficiently. C. produce the good it has an absolute advantage in producing. D. produce the good it has a comparative advantage in producing.
Mel is thinking of going on a cruise. Mel values a cruise in nice weather at $2,000 and values a cruise in bad weather at $50. The probability of nice weather is 60 percent and the probability of bad weather is 40 percent. Trip insurance is sometimes available. If purchased, it allows travelers to delay the cruise until the weather is nice. The amount of money that Mel is willing to pay for trip insurance will be:
A. the same regardless of whether she is risk-averse or risk-neutral. B. positive if she is risk-neutral and negative if she is risk-averse. C. lower if she is risk-averse instead of risk-neutral. D. higher if she is risk-averse instead of risk-neutral.
The economic philosophy that favors strict limits on imports and strong support for exports is called
A) zero sum. B) mercantilism. C) comparative advantage. D) absolute advantage.