How does Ebay differ from an economist's view of a perfect competitive market?

a. Ebay has few buyers whereas perfect competitive industry assumes many buyers
b. Ebay has few sellers whereas perfect competitive industry assumes many sellers
c. There is limited information in ebay whereas perfect competitive industry assumes full information for both buyers and sellers
d. There is no difference between these two markets.


c

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The demand for unionized labor will generally be more elastic, and it will be more difficult for the union to achieve above-equilibrium wages when

a. there are no close substitutes for the unionized workers. b. the domestic producers of the good produced by the unionized workers face weak competition from foreign suppliers of the good. c. the cost of employing the unionized workers is a large part of the total cost of the product that they produce. d. the demand for the product produced by the unionized workers is highly inelastic.

Economics

Which of the following goods is rival in consumption and excludable?

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