merger will usually be challenged if which of the following is expected to occur as a result of the merger?
A) an increase in consumer surplus
B) competition remains after the merger
C) a price decrease
D) a price increase
D) a price increase
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Which of the following would decrease the size of a federal budget deficit?
a. a recession b. an increase in defense spending c. growth in real GDP d. a decrease in tax revenues e. an increase in transfer payments
Between 1975 and 2011, the wage gap between women with a high school education and women with a college education increased. In particular, in 2011 women with a college degree earned about
a. 12% more than women with a high school education. b. 26% more than women with a high school education. c. 70% more than women with a high school education. d. 81% more than women with a high school education.
Why do labor economists often find it difficult to estimate the ceteris paribus return to education, in terms of wage, using non-experimental data?
A. Education level in non-experimental data is probably dependent on other omitted factors that also affect wage. B. In a non-experimental setting,education level is often difficult to measure. C. Wage is often reported unreliably and inaccurately. D. Experience, another factor that also affects wage, is generally difficult to measure.
The use of government regulations to make companies use new technology to reduce pollution is complicated by the fact that ______.
a. technology that eliminates one type of pollution creates equal amounts of another b. such regulations would externalize the internal costs of pollution control c. the government has no legal authority to enforce regulations limiting pollution d. regulators would have to know about specific technology for each industry