When firms are faced with making strategic choices to maximize profit, economists typically use
a. the theory of monopoly to model their behavior.
b. the theory of aggressive competition to model their behavior.
c. game theory to model their behavior.
d. cartel theory to model their behavior.
c
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The Keynesian consumption function and the theory of intertemporal choice are consistent for households ________
A) with a binding budget constraint B) with little or no initial wealth C) whose consumption remains positive, even if income is zero D) whose consumption cannot exceed current income
According to the figure shown, Starbucks:
This figure displays the choices being made by two coffee shops: Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts. Both companies are trying to decide whether or not to expand in an area. The area can handle only one of them expanding, and whoever expands will cause the other to lose some business. If they both expand, the market will be saturated, and neither company will do well. The payoffs are the additional profits (or losses) they will earn.
A. has a dominant strategy to expand.
B. has a dominant strategy not to expand.
C. has first-mover advantage.
D. should wait to see what Dunkin Donuts is going to do.
What does GGD stand for?
(a) Government's Great Deeds. (b) General Government Deficit. (c) General Government Debt. (d) General Government Defence.
Harold, a delivery man, washes and irons his own shirts. Sarah, his boss, sends her clothes to a laundry. Which is the most plausible economic explanation for this difference?
a. Harold must enjoy ironing more than Sarah does. b. Harold must be better at ironing than Sarah is. c. The opportunity cost of ironing is greater for Harold. d. Sarah has a higher opportunity cost of laundering her clothes than Harold does.