Metering is
a. A type of indirect price discrimination
b. A type of direct price discrimination
c. An evaluation of a product
d. An example of bundling
a
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What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following statements best explains why long-run average cost is never greater than short-run average cost?
A) In the long run, tangency of the isocost and isoquant is attainable. This is not necessarily true in the short run. B) In the long run, diseconomies of scale might not occur, but in the short run diminishing marginal returns do. C) In the long run, the cost of capital declines because the firm is able to pay down some of its debts. D) In the long run, the average cost curve need not be U-shaped, but in the short run it is.
Which of the following would cause the price elasticity of demand for a variable input to be greater?
A) the smaller the price elasticity of demand for the final product B) the longer the time period being considered C) the smaller the proportion of total costs accounted for by the variable input D) The harder it is for a variable input to be substituted for by other inputs.
Within the U.S. population, women of prime working age (ages 25-54) have similar rates of labor-force participation than men of prime working age (ages 25-54), regardless of race
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false