Which of the following is an example of a way in which an oligopolistic firm can escape the prisoner's dilemma?
A) advertising that it will match its rival's price
B) ignoring the pricing decisions of the other firms
C) producing more of its product
D) reneging on a previous tacit agreement with rival firms to charge identical high prices
A
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a. manufacturing. b. agriculture. c. the accounting profession. d. law firms.
Primary dealers are those
A) permitted to trade directly with the Fed. B) who work under the account manager at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. C) who specialize in selling bonds to small private investors. D) responsible for assuring that interest rates do not decline unless the FOMC has given specific instructions that they decline.
The median voter model implies that: a. most voters will have about the same preferences for goods and services provided through government
b. a candidate may adopt more extreme views when seeking her party's nomination than during the general election. c. political voting will be as economically efficient as voting with dollars in competitive markets. d. none of the above
In the Perspective on profit maximization and greed, greed is regarded as
a. inherent in capitalist societies b. an evil that must be addressed by all societies c. an expression of behavior that can be associated with all forms of profit maximization d. an acceptable mode of behavior in a zero-sum world e. having no negative consequences in a zero sum world