When all players are choosing their best strategies on the assumption that their opponents are doing likewise, the outcome is called:
a. a Stackelberg equilibrium.
b. a Nash equilibrium.
c. a Cournot equilibrium.
d. a Bertrand equilibrium.
B
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Which of the following statements is correct?
a. If the inflation rate is steady at 5 percent, for example, the real and nominal interest rates will be equal. b. An increase in the demand for goods now compared with goods in the future would cause the real interest rate to rise. c. A "positive rate of time preference" means that an individual would rather save than consume. d. During an extended inflationary period, the money (or nominal) interest rate will usually be lower than the real rate of interest.
Countries that have experienced modern economic growth have also tended to:
A. adopt feudalistic institutions. B. restrict women and minorities from holding certain economic and political positions. C. move toward more democratic forms of government. D. have less leisure time for sport and artistic activities.
Consumers don't care which supplier they buy from in a perfectly competitive market because:
A) the outputs of the firms in a perfectly competitive market are all the same. B) the consumers have no choice regarding who they buy from. C) price is always low enough that the choice of supplier doesn't matter. D) all of the above.
Demand-pull inflation is
A) inflation caused by increases in aggregate demand that generate an even larger increase in aggregate supply. B) inflation caused by increases in aggregate demand that are not matched by increases in aggregate supply. C) inflation caused by reductions in short-run aggregate supply. D) inflation caused by reductions in long-run aggregate supply.