A patent on a product gives a firm
A) protection from having the invention copied or stolen for a period of 20 years.
B) economies of scale in producing the product.
C) excessive profits in the long run.
D) the power to impose a tariff on a competing product.
Answer: A
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What will be an ideal response?
In the textual example, Muhammad Yunus was highly successful in his use of applying social incentives through group responsibility in order to maximize loan repayment rates. This success created an incentive for other banks to:
A. offer similar loans to the poor. B. go out of business. C. seek government action to ban group responsibility lending. D. avoid catering to a high risk group.
Reasons why a corporation could choose to produce in another country include all of the following except
a. lower labor costs b. avoid overseas transportation costs c. limited liability d. circumvent tariffs e. lower resource costs
If the Fed conducts open-market purchases, then which of the following quantities increase(s)?
a. interest rates and investment spending b. interest rates, but not investment spending c. investment spending, but not interest rates d. neither interest rates nor investment spending