Holding other factors constant, a higher relative price of a firm's output will:
A. increase national saving.
B. increase investment.
C. decrease investment.
D. decrease national saving.
Answer: B
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According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, the key to the firm's strategy is to "limit distribution to maintain the brand's exclusive cachet, even if that means sacrificing sales, a brand-management technique once used only for high-end luxury brands." In 2006, Juicy clothes were sold in only four department stores: Neiman Marcus, Saks, Bloomingdale's, and Nordstrom. In 2006, its sales have more than quadrupled since 2002. Source: Rachel Dodes, "From Track Suits to Fast Track," Wall Street Journal, September 13, 2006. How does limiting the number of stores in which Juicy's products are sold contribute to its success? A) It enables Juicy to price its products at a premium and differentiate them from lower-priced products. B) It helps establish Juicy's products as luxury items favored by the very wealthy. C) By sacrificing sales, the company was able to focus on producing high-quality products. D) Maintaining the exclusivity of a product increases the demand for the product.
Monopoly profit is not a social problem because
a. the size of the economic pie grows when monopoly profits increase. b. producers are more efficient than consumers. c. the profit represents a transfer from the consumer to the producer with no loss in total surplus. d. None of the above are correct.
A monopolist's profits with price discrimination will be _____ if the firm charged just one price
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Diseconomies of scale exist over the range of output for which the long-run average cost curve is:
A. constant. B. falling. C. rising. D. subject to diminishing returns.