A firm that must determine the price-output combination that maximizes profit because it faces a downward-sloped demand curve
A) has a perfectly elastic demand curve.
B) has a perfectly inelastic demand curve.
C) is a price-taker.
D) is a price searcher.
Answer: D
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In 2009 Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize and was awarded $1.4 million. He donated it to his Alliance for Climate Protection. From the economic point of view his charitable project suggests
A) Gore himself no longer faced scarcity because he was in a position to give so much of his money away. B) the Alliance at least temporarily overcame scarcity because they enjoyed free resources. C) it was chosen over other uses of his money, and therefore even Gore had to economize. D) it was a ploy to gain more media attention after his Vice Presidency.
Which of the following are required for economic growth? i. more goods and services produced per hour of work ii. an increase in the average hours of labor per person iii. an increase in prices
A) i and iii B) i and ii C) ii and iii D) i only E) ii only
The demand curve faced by a pure monopoly is ________.
A. downward sloping B. upward sloping C. vertical D. horizontal
The short-run labor demand curve is:
A. more elastic than the long-run labor demand curve. B. less elastic than the long-run labor demand curve. C. either more or less elastic than the long-run labor demand curve. D. perfectly elastic (horizontal).