If a company that drilled for and produced oil acquired a firm which refined oil into gasoline, this would be referred to as a
A. reverse merger.
B. horizontal merger.
C. vertical merger.
D. conglomerate merger.
Answer: C
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In the United States, from 1980 to 2011, the percentage of
A) part-time workers who are part time for noneconomic reasons has increased significantly to over 30 percent. B) part-time workers who are part time for noneconomic reasons has risen during recessions and fallen during expansions. C) part-time workers who are part time for economic reasons has increased significantly to over 30 percent. D) part-time workers who are part time for economic reasons has risen during recessions and fallen during expansions. E) None of the above answers is correct.
If the Fed wishes to raise the interest rate, it will
a. increase the money supply b. decrease the money supply c. increase money demand d. decrease money demand e. simply set a higher market interest rate
In the following question you are asked to determine, other things equal, the effects of a given change in a determinant of demand or supply for product X upon (1) the demand (D) for, or supply (S) of, X; (2) the equilibrium price (P) of X; and (3) the
equilibrium quantity (Q) of X. Refer to the given information. A reduction in the number of firms producing X will: A. increase D, increase P, and increase Q. B. increase S, decrease P, and increase Q. C. decrease S, increase P, and decrease Q. D. decrease S, decrease P, and increase Q.
The unemployment rate was falling during all of the years that I was a student, but as soon as I graduated, the unemployment rate started to rise. Therefore, the job market was waiting until I started looking for employment to start to go bad. This statement is an example of
A. fallacy of inductive reasoning. B. ceteris paribus fallacy. C. fallacy of logic. D. post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy.