There are many reasons why monopolies arise. Which of these is not one of them?


Answer: The industry may be a decreasing-cost industry.

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When the Federal Reserve raises the federal funds rate, the quantity of reserves ________, the quantity of money ________, and the quantity of loans ________

A) increases; increases; increases B) decreases; decreases; decreases C) increases; increases; decreases D) decreases; decreases; does not change E) decreases; does not change; does not change

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The production possibilities frontier (PPF) illustrates the combinations of goods that society can consume when trading with other producers

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following groups believes that the money supply is the critical policy lever?

A. Marxists. B. Supply-siders. C. Monetarists. D. New classical economists.

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When consumers have asymmetric information and when search costs and the number of firms are large, a single-price equilibrium in a competitive market

A) is impossible. B) occurs when price equals average cost. C) occurs when price equals marginal cost plus the search cost. D) occurs when the price is the price a monopoly would set.

Economics