Network effects and simultaneous consumption tend to foster the development of:
A. Pure competition
B. Monopoly power
C. Net social benefits
D. Allocative efficiency
B. Monopoly power
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The table below describes the relationship between the number of workers hired by a call center each hour and the number of calls the call center can make each hour. The call center has only 1 telephone. The telephone costs the firm $5/hour (regardless of how many calls are made), and each worker is paid $10 per hour.Calls PerHourNumber ofTelephonesPer HourNumber ofWorkersPer Hour0$0$01$30$1002$40$1603$60$1904$100$2105$150$2206$210$225If the price of a telephone increases to from $5 to $10 an hour and nothing else changes, then:
A. total cost would not change. B. marginal cost would not change. C. fixed cost could not change. D. marginal cost would increase by $5 at every level of output.
If a macroeconomic model consists of upward-sloping short-run aggregate supply and downward-sloping aggregate demand, can it possibly generate a constant real GDP with no business cycles over time?
A) No, only a vertical short-run aggregate supply curve can produce that result. B) No, only a horizontal short-run aggregate supply curve can produce that result. C) Yes, but the short-run aggregate supply curve must never shift. D) Yes, if the aggregate demand and short-run aggregate supply curves shift in perfect unison.
Evidence suggests that business owners are generally
a. interested in profits only when discrimination is illegal. b. more interested in discrimination than in making a profit. c. unable to determine the link between discrimination and profitability. d. more interested in making a profit than in discriminating against a particular group.
If computers and software are complements, then
A) a fall in the price of computers will increase the demand for software and, ceteris paribus, the price of software will rise. B) a rise in the price of computers will decrease the demand for software and, ceteris paribus, the price of software will rise. C) a fall in the price of computers will decrease the demand for software and, ceteris paribus, the price of software will fall. D) a rise in the price of software will increase the demand for computers and, ceteris paribus, the price of computers will rise. E) a fall in the price of software will decrease the demand for computers and, ceteris paribus, the price of computers will fall.