Refer to Table 13-5. What are the firm's profit-maximizing or loss-minimizing price and quantity?
A) price = $12; quantity = 4.
B) price = $10; quantity = 5.
C) The firm should shut down temporarily.
D) This cannot be determined from the information given.
A
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Refer to the above figure. Suppose E is the original equilibrium. An increase in the U.S. demand for Japanese-made goods will lead to
A) a depreciation of the yen and an increase in the quantity of yen sold per week. B) a depreciation of the yen and a decrease in the quantity of yen sold per week. C) an appreciation of the yen and an increase in the quantity of yen sold per week. D) an appreciation of the yen and a decrease in the quantity of yen sold per week.
The signaling effect of foreign exchange intervention
A) never has any effect on exchange rates. B) can alter the market's view of exchange rates independent from the stance of monetary and fiscal policies. C) cannot cause an immediate exchange rate change when bonds denominated in different currencies are perfect substitutes. D) never leads to actual changes in monetary or fiscal policy. E) can alter the market's view of future monetary policies and cause an immediate exchange rate change.
In markets-oriented systems an under-performing "entrenched" management is often replaced by
A) SEC regulators. B) a hostile takeover. C) stockholders electing a new board of directors to fire the managers. D) the bank that owns the firm firing them.
Suppose Always There Wireless serves 100 high-demand wireless consumers, who each have a monthly demand curve for wireless minutes of QdH = 200 - 100P, and 300 low-demand consumers, who each have a monthly demand curve for wireless minutes of QdL = 100 - 100P, where P is the per-minute price in dollars. The marginal cost is $0.25 per minute. Suppose Always There Wireless charges $0.30 per minute. How many minutes will high-demand consumers purchase?
A. 60 B. 30 C. 70 D. 170