Given the same unit costs, a monopolist will produce less output than a perfectly competitive firm
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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The self-correcting property of the economy means that output gaps are eventually eliminated by:
A. increasing or decreasing potential output. B. government policy. C. decreasing inflation only. D. increasing or decreasing inflation.
When the Fed engages in an open market purchase, the money supply ________ and the nominal interest rate ________.
A. increases; increases B. decreases; increases D decreases; decreases C. increases; decreases
The total interest that a borrower has to pay on a loan is equal to the:
A) principal plus the rate of interest. B) principal divided by the rate of interest. C) principal minus the rate of interest. D) principal times the rate of interest.
The practice of price discrimination is associated with pure monopoly because:
A. most monopolists sell differentiated products. B. it can be practiced whenever a firm's demand curve is downsloping. C. monopolists have the ability to control both output and price. D. monopolists usually realize economies of scale.