The government can help solve the information asymmetry problem by:
A. making it illegal to complete a transaction without complete information.
B. providing the missing information to the less-informed party.
C. requiring the more informed party to not use the imbalance to their advantage.
D. All of these statements are true.
B. providing the missing information to the less-informed party.
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A) deficit; expansionary B) deficit; contractionary C) surplus; expansionary D) surplus; contractionary
The supply curve for a competitive firm is
A) its entire MC curve. B) the upward-sloping portion of its MC curve. C) its MC curve above the minimum point of the AVC curve. D) its MC curve above the minimum point of the ATC curve. E) its MR curve.
Which of the following industries is an illustration of homogeneous oligopoly?
A. Household laundry products. B. Personal computers. C. Aluminum. D. The auto industry.
Consider Figure 9.8, which depicts the supply and demand for coal. Assume coal production creates external costs. If the government imposes a pollution tax on coal production, the:
A. supply curve of coal would shift to the left. B. supply curve of coal would shift to the right. C. demand curve for coal would shift to the left. D. demand and supply curves for coal would shift to the left.