Suppose that there are 10 firms in an industry, each accounting for 10 percent of industry sales. Two of these firms decide to merge. Which of the following statements about the impact of this merger is (are) INCORRECT?
A) The merger causes the four-firm concentration ratio to increase from 40 to 50.
B) The merger causes the HHI to increase by 100.
C) The merger will not change the HHI unless the industry's sales increase.
D) Both answers A and C are incorrect.
B
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(1 ) Balance of Payments = 0 prior to the transactions. (2 ) Person A (who lives in the United States) purchases an airplane from British Airways for $150,000. (3 ) Person A pays with a check from his account at First Union Bank in the United States. (4 ) British airways, since it will need dollars in 1 month, deposits the check at the Bank of England. (5 ) Bank of England deposits the $150,000 at Commonwealth bank, which is located in the United States. Due to the transactions above, what are the effects on the reserve at the Fed? A) Fact 2 is a decrease of $150,000, fact 5 is a decrease of $150,000, a net effect of -$300,000. B) Fact 3 is a decrease of $150,000, fact 5 is an increase of $150,000, a net effect of 0. C) Fact 3 is an increase of $150,000, fact 5 is a decrease of $150,000, a net effect of 0. D) Both fact 3 and fact 5 result in increases of $150,000, a net effect of +$300,000. E) Both fact 3 and fact 5 result in decrease of $150,000, a net effect of -$300,000.
As discussed in the Case in Point on the size of the fiscal multiplier, a study conducted by John Taylor on the effect of fiscal policy since the year 2000 suggests that
A) the multiplier effect of fiscal policy is much less than that for monetary policy. B) temporary fiscal policy financed through government borrowing implies a multiplier value between 0.8 and 1.5. C) fiscal policy has little effect on the economy and that the multiplier value is effectively zero. D) statistical models are inadequate to determine the multiplier and the multiplier value likely varies based on the state of the economy.
Suppose that Ms. Thomson is currently exhausting her money income by purchasing 10 units of A and 8 units of B at prices of $2 and $4 respectively. The marginal utility of the last units of A and B are 16 and 24 respectively. These data suggest that Ms
Thomson: A. has preferences that are at odds with the principle of diminishing marginal utility. B. considers A and B to be complementary goods. C. should buy less A and more B. D. should buy less B and more A.