By hedging with futures, buyers and sellers are eliminating basis futures price level risk and assuming level risk.
a. true
b. false
Ans: a. true
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A) increases as the real rate of interest decreases. B) increases as the real rate of interest increases. C) is unaffected by the real rate of interest. D) is represented on the IS-MP model by a horizontal line at the world real rate of interest.
In a market with positive externalities,
A) the efficient level of production is less than what competition will obtain. B) the efficient level of production is equal to what competition will obtain. C) the efficient level of production is more than what competition will obtain. D) there cannot be an efficient level of production.
Joe's Imports is currently the only dealer for imported Sporto autos on the East Coast, but Fred's Autos may enter the import market and start selling Sporto cars in the East Coast market during the coming year
Joe's Imports can pay the Sporto manufacturer for exclusive East Coast marketing rights, which would deter the entry of Fred's Autos into the market. The payoffs from the possible actions are measured in millions of dollars per year, and the possible outcomes of the sequential entry game are summarized in the following matrix: Fred's Autos enters Fred's Autos does not enter Joe's Imports buys rights ---- 50, 0 Joe's Imports does not buy 40, 40 80, 0 What is the equilibrium outcome from this sequential entry game? A) Joe's Imports buys the marketing rights, and Fred's Autos cannot enter the market. B) Joe's Imports buys the marketing rights, and Fred's Autos enters the market. C) Joe's Imports does not buy the marketing rights, and Fred's Autos enters the market. D) Joe's Imports does not buy the marketing rights, but Fred's Autos does not enter the market.
A firm in a perfectly competitive industry is a
A) price taker. B) quantity taker. C) profit maker. D) price maker.