A year-long drought that destroys most of the summer's crops would be considered a:

A. short-run supply shock.
B. long-run demand shock.
C. long-run supply shock.
D. short-run demand shock.


Answer: A

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Refer to the payoff matrix. Suppose that Speedy Bike and Power Bike are the only two bicycle manufacturing firms serving the market. Both can choose large or small advertising budgets. If this is a repeated game with no cooperation or reciprocity, which cell represents the final outcome we would expect to occur?



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