The combination of barriers to entry that create monopolies and the product differentiation that characterizes monopolistic competition provide the setting for the creation of an oligopoly

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


True

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A) 0.9 percent. B) 1 percent. C) 10 percent. D) 100 percent.

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A problem for equity contracts is a particular type of ________ called the ________ problem

A) adverse selection; principal-agent B) moral hazard; principal-agent C) adverse selection; free-rider D) moral hazard; free-rider

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Among the problems encountered when time series analysis is used to estimate cost functions is

A) that technological changes may have occurred. B) that accounting changes may have occurred during the period analyzed. C) that some costs are recorded on the books of account at a time other than when they are incurred. D) All of the above

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