Regulators usually encourage natural monopolists to engage in
A) marginal cost pricing.
B) average cost pricing.
C) marginal cost pricing, with subsidies from the government offsetting the losses.
D) inefficient pricing.
B
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A. decline; lower; decline B. increase; raise; decline C. decline; lower; expand D. decline; raise; decline
A the beginning of 2012, you pay $100 for a share of stock that then pays you a dividend of $1 at the beginning of 2013. If the stock price rises from $100 to $109 per share over the year, then you have earned an annual rate of return of
A) 5 percent. B) 1 percent. C) 9 percent. D) 4 percent. E) 10 percent.
Exhibit 12-1 Income for two persons NameIncome Elaine$100,000 Daniel$ 40,000 In Exhibit 12-1, if the income tax system is progressive, then:
A. Elaine and Daniel will face the same tax rate and will have tax bills the same size. B. Elaine and Daniel will face the same tax rate but have tax bills that are different sizes. C. Elaine will face a higher tax rate and will have a larger tax bill than Daniel. D. Elaine will face a lower tax rate and will have a smaller tax bill than Daniel.