Which of the following is a barrier to entry for a monopoly?

A) a patent
B) severe diseconomies of scale
C) close substitutes for the good or service exist
D) All of the above answers are correct.


A

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A) not pegged. B) at the equilibrium exchange rate. C) above the equilibrium exchange rate. D) below the equilibrium exchange rate.

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What is cost-plus pricing? Why do some firms use cost-plus pricing even when the firms' managers have the resources to devise a pricing strategy that would result in greater profits?

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following is an example of U.S. foreign direct investment?

a. A U.S. based mutual fund buys stock in Eastern European companies. b. A U.S. citizen builds and operates a coffee shop in the Netherlands. c. A Swiss bank buys a U.S. government bond. d. A German tractor factory opens a plant in Waterloo, Iowa.

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Figure 4-7


Refer to . Which of the following is true for the tax illustrated?
a.
The tax increases the price of gasoline by $.60.
b.
Since the demand for gasoline is more inelastic than the supply, consumers bear most of the burden of the tax.
c.
Since the demand for gasoline is more elastic than the supply, consumers bear most of the burden of the tax.
d.
Since the supply of gasoline is highly inelastic, the primary burden of the tax is imposed on the suppliers of gasoline.

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