In the Standard Oil case, the company was accused of violating the law that prohibits
A. firms from attempting to undercut competitors' prices.
B. charging prices that are unfairly too high.
C. firms from using their monopoly in one market to increase market share in another.
D. firms from successfully achieving monopoly status.
Answer: C
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Which of the following would be considered an example of fiscal policy?
A. Provision of additional cash to the banking system. B. A reduction in income tax rates. C. A broad government initiative to reduce the country's reliance on agriculture and promote high-technology industries. D. Interest rate hikes generated by a reduction in the money supply.
Max has allocated $100 toward meats for his barbecue. His budget line and an indifference map are shown in the above figure. What happens if Max's mother gives him 30 pounds of burger?
A) Max would have preferred receiving the dollar-value of the burger. B) Max is indifferent between this gift and the dollar-value of the burger. C) Max prefers this gift to the dollar-value of the burger. D) None of the above.
The endowment effect in behavioral economics refers to how people:
A. value things more if they own them. B. are averse losses in a game of chance such as poker. C. avoid the loss of something of high value. D. prefer stock market gains over losses.
When supply increases and at the same time demand decreases, we
A) can predict that both equilibrium price and quantity will increase. B) can predict that both equilibrium price and quantity will decrease. C) cannot predict equilibrium quantity, but know that equilibrium price will decrease. D) cannot predict the change in either the equilibrium quantity or equilibrium price.