A firm operating in a perfectly competitive market is a price taker because:
A. each firm has a significant market share.
B. each firm's product is perceived as different.
C. setting a price higher than the market price results in zero sales.
D. the market demand curve is perfectly elastic.
Answer: C
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A) the Fed's total liabilities will remain unaffected B) the Fed's total assets will remain unaffected C) the private bank's composition of assets will change D) the private bank's total assets will increase
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A) 26 thousand forks B) 0 spoons C) 16 thousand spoons D) 20 thousand forks
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(a) laissez-faire. (b) mercantilism. (c) commercialism. (d) classical liberalism.
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a. usefulness of a good in relation to its scarcity. b. necessity of a good. c. price of a good. d. number of goods a consumer has. e. pleasure or satisfaction a consumer receives upon consuming a good.