In the late 1980s, Canada embarked on an ambitious policy of reducing inflation to zero. Inflation did come down, while the unemployment rate ________, which ________ the U.S. disinflation experience of the 1980s

A) rose, runs counter to
B) rose, duplicates
C) remained nearly constant, runs counter to
D) remained nearly constant, duplicates


B

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Under current antitrust laws, conglomerates are

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In a duopoly if the firms have agreed to jointly maximize profits, then each firm can increase its current individual profits by producing more

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Suppose two Cournot duopolist firms operate at zero marginal cost. The market demand is p = a - bQ. Each firm will produce

A) a/b. B) a/2b. C) a/3b. D) a/4b.

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