Which of the following statements correctly describes a perfectly competitive market?
A) In a perfectly competitive market, individual sellers and buyers can influence the market price.
B) All participants in a perfectly competitive market are price takers.
C) Haggling and bargaining is commonly observed in a perfectly competitive market.
D) Buyers in a perfectly competitive market pay different prices according to their individual demand.
B
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Suppose your friends take you out for dinner on your birthday and you have a much better time than you would have had doing anything else. There is still an opportunity cost, even though they will not let you pay for anything
a. True b. False
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. The Trade Expansion Act of 1974 restricted the authority of the president of the United States to reduce tariffs. 2. The rule of origin defines the maximum percentage of a country’s exported product that can be sold in the United States. 3. If trade between the United States and Canada were totally free of restrictions, the incomes of most Canadian workers would decrease. 4. Maquiladoras are export-oriented plants, often along the U.S.–Mexico border, that are exempt from paying import duties on raw materials and parts used in making final products. 5. The Maastricht Agreement calls for a common currency and a single central bank in the European Union.
A firm that responds to a regulatory rule in a way that permits technical compliance while allowing the firm to violate the spirit of the regulation has
A) reduced the scope of the lemons problem. B) shared the gains and pains of regulation. C) engaged in a creative response to regulation. D) become a captured regulator.
Which of the following is true of fiscal spending at the federal, state, and local levels of the U.S. government?
a. In 2009, total government spending equalled around $1 billion. b. Investment expenditure in the U.S. exceeds the total spending at all levels of government. c. Government spending at federal, state, and local levels declined steadily from the 1960s until about 1980. d. Through the 1950s and 1960s, the U.S. government maintained a balanced budget. e. Federal government spending exceeds state and local government spending in the U.S.