Firms that face downward-sloping demand curves for their output are called
a. perfectly competitive
b. price takers
c. price searchers
d. resource price takers
e. resource price searchers
C
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What will be an ideal response?
If the U.S. Postal Service raised its first-class postage rate by 10 percent and found (to its surprise) total receipts from first-class mail service subsequently increased by 10 percent, the demand for first-class mail service would be
A) completely elastic. B) completely inelastic. C) greater than anticipated. D) unit elastic. E) upward sloping.
Refer to Figure 15-3. Suppose the monopolist represented in the diagram above produces positive output. What is the profit-maximizing/loss-minimizing output level?
A) 630 units B) 800 units C) 850 units D) 880 units
Traditional Keynesians argued that when wages are rigid, changes in output result in:
a. small changes in goods market prices and a flat aggregate supply curve. b. large changes in goods market prices and a flat aggregate supply curve. c. large changes in goods market prices and a steep aggregate supply curve. d. small changes in goods market prices and a steep aggregate demand curve. e. small changes in goods market prices and a horizontal aggregate demand curve.