Terrorism insurance is much more likely to be available where
A. insurance is highly regulated.
B. terrorism has never occurred.
C. terrorism is a relatively predictable thing.
D. insurance of any kind is rare.
Answer: C
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Hypothetically, suppose a recent study of hazardous waste abatement (A) arrives at the following national estimates for abating chemical solvents: MSB = 100 – 0.75A and MSC = 20 + 0.50A, where A is measured in millions of tons per year, and costs are measured in millions of dollars.
A concentration ratio measures
A) the average size of the firms in the industry. B) the sales of the three largest firms in the industry minus the costs of these three largest firms in the industry. C) the share of industry sales accounted for by the largest firms in the industry. D) the excess capacity found in a particular oligopolistic industry.
Figure 5-3
Assume the market consists of three consumers with the demand curves in Figure 5-3. At a price of 1, the total market demand is
A. 40. B. 80. C. 140. D. 150.
The statistical details on the U.S. balance of international payments between 1790 and 1860 help economic historians determine
(a) what the U.S. sold domestically. (b) how other countries paid for their own domestic goods and services. (c) how the U.S. paid other countries for their exports. (d) changes in domestic trade patterns.