The argument that a tariff has to be imposed in order to protect any industry just getting started until it gets large enough to be competitive internationally is the

A) start-up industry argument.
B) infant industry argument.
C) baby industry argument.
D) fledgling industry argument.


B

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If the 4 largest cell service providers sales make up 56% of total sales in the entire industry, then the industry is considered to be

A. an oligopoly. B. perfectly competitive. C. monopolistically competitive. D. a monopoly.

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Based on the figure below. Starting from long-run equilibrium at point C, a tax increase that decreases aggregate demand from AD1 to AD will lead to a short-run equilibrium at point ________ and eventually to a long-run equilibrium at point ________, if left to self-correcting tendencies.

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