According to the economic way of thinking, government officials tend to vote on legislation that
A) concentrates benefits on a well-organized group.
B) disperses costs throughout a great number of politically unorganized people.
C) generates short-term benefits and postpones the costs.
D) does all of the above.
E) does none of the above.
D
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Which of the following is a difference between an oligopoly with homogeneous products and an oligopoly with differentiated products?
A) There are a large number of sellers in an oligopoly with homogeneous products and there are a few sellers in an oligopoly with differentiated products. B) Firms in an oligopoly with homogeneous products earn positive economic profits in equilibrium, while firms in an oligopoly with differentiated products earn zero economic profits. C) There are huge barriers to entry in an oligopoly with homogeneous products, while there are no barriers to entry in an oligopoly with differentiated products. D) Firms in an oligopoly with homogeneous products earn zero economic profits in equilibrium, while firms in an oligopoly with differentiated products earn positive economic profits.
Which of the following is not one of the obstacles mentioned in the text to a successful system of price discrimination? Inability to
A) evade legal restrictions on discrimination. B) identify differences in demand among customers. C) prevent customers from reselling the product. D) prevent resentment from arising among the people who pay more.
Monopoly powers given to domestic utility companies to create economies-of-scale might unintentionally
A) be an obstacle to increased international trade. B) be useful for the creation of a comparative advantage for the domestic country. C) not be used for rent-seeking behaviors. D) be a positive externality for the world as a whole. E) None of the above.
Because it is
a. excludable but not rival in consumption, a sweatshirt is a club good. b. rival in consumption but not excludable, a sweatshirt is a club good. c. both excludable and rival in consumption, a sweatshirt is a private good. d. neither excludable nor rival in consumption, a sweatshirt is a public good.