The situation where one person's demand for a good depends on the consumption of the good by others is called a

A) network externality.
B) network internality.
C) consumption externality.
D) production externality.


A

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A) the ceteris paribus assumption. B) the rationality assumption. C) positive economic analysis. D) normative economic analysis.

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All these are characteristics of a monopoly except,

a. There is one seller of the product b. Has few substitutes c. Controls a large share of the market d. Controls a small share of the market

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