We know that people tend to overuse common resources. This problem can be viewed as an example of
a. a game in which the players succeed in reaching the cooperative outcome.
b. the prisoners' dilemma.
c. a situation to which game theory does not apply because of a lack of strategic thinking.
d. a situation to which game theory does not apply because of too many decision-makers.
b
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The major categories of market instruments are: pollution charges, deposit/refund systems, subsidies, and pollution permit trading systems. 2. A payment or tax concession aimed at lowering the cost of abating is called a pollution charge. 3. Because polluters ignore the MEC of environmental damage linked to the production of a good, too few resources are allocated to producing that good. 4. A pollution charge follows the “polluter-pays principle.” 5. If production of a good generates an environmental negative externality, the effect of that externality is captured by the MEC of production.
An industry's total revenue is $100 million. The above table shows the total revenue of the four largest firms in an industry
a. Calculate this industry's four-firm concentration ratio. b. Is this industry competitive? c. What market type does it most likely represent?
The costs of inflation to firms due to reprinting price lists are known as
A) seigniorage. B) menu costs. C) velocity costs. D) shoe-leather costs.
Which of the following is true?
A. The production possibilities curve indicates that it will be impossible to expand total output with the passage of time. B. As long as resources are scarce, output cannot be increased. C. The size of the economic pie is fixed, and therefore, if one individual has more income, others must have less. D. Over time, the output of goods and services can be increased through human ingenuity and discovery of better ways of doing things.