The legislation which made it illegal to monopolize a market was the:
A. Sherman Act.
B. Clayton Act.
C. Robinson-Patman Act.
D. Celler-Kefauver Act.
Answer: A
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Suppose an economy has an increase in labor input of 60 percent, while output has increased by 100 percent. Assuming no change in total factor productivity, calculate the percentage increase in the capital input
(Use the Cobb-Douglas production function Y = A .)
Suppose that you have returned from your fishing expedition with 20,000 fish. The market price is $3 per fish. Your average fixed cost was $1 and your total variable cost was $5,000 . If the price jumps to $3.50 before you sell your first fish, how much extra profit, if any, do you earn?
a. c and d. b. Extra profit is zero. c. Extra profit is enough to cover half of the fixed cost of your next trip. d. Extra profit is enough to cover all of the variable costs of your next two trips. e. Extra profit is $45,000.
Assume that a hurricane in Brazil destroys half of the coffee crop. Considering that Brazil is a major coffee producing country, consumers expect the price of coffee to increase in the near future. How does this reflect on the demand for coffee?
a. There is a movement upward along the demand curve for coffee. b. The demand curve for coffee shifts inward. c. The demand curve for coffee shifts outward. d. There is a movement downward along the demand curve for coffee. e. The demand for coffee declines.
Demand-pull inflation is caused by: a. an increase in aggregate demand
b. a decrease in aggregate demand. c. an increase in short-run aggregate supply. d. a decrease in short-run aggregate supply.