A common characteristic in oligopolistic markets is
a. consideration of rivals' reactions.
b. standardized products.
c. high profits.
d. unused capacity.
a
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Consternation Corporation has an agreement with its workers to index completely the wage of its employees using the CPI. Consternation Corporation currently pays its production line workers $7.50 an hour and is scheduled to index their wages today. If the CPI is currently 130 and was 125 a year ago, the firm should increase the hourly wages of its workers by
a. $0.04. b. $0.29. c. $0.30. d. $0.50.
A slope is measured as the
A) value of the variable measured on the y-axis divided by the value of the variable measured on the x-axis. B) value of the variable measured on the x-axis divided by the value of the variable measured on the y-axis. C) change in the value of variable on the y-axis divided by the change in the value of the variable on the x-axis. D) value of the variable measured on the y-axis minus the value of the variable measured on the x-axis. E) value of the variable measured on the x-axis minus the value of the variable measured on the y-axis.
What happens when the Federal Reserve purchases U.S. government bonds?
A) Interest rates rise because bonds become scarcer. B) Commercial bank reserves increase. C) The national debt declines in size. D) The growth rate of the money stock falls. E) All of the above occur.
Bill is an accountant for a small machine shop. His boss has asked him to calculate the shop's total fixed cost. Which method will give Bill the correct answer?
a. subtracting marginal cost from total cost b. calculating the product of average total cost and quantity c. determining what the shop would pay for if they produced zero output d. adding the total variable cost to the total cost e. subtracting total variable cost from total revenue