An example of monopoly power in input markets is
A) major league baseball owners in the market for player services.
B) the United Auto Workers union in the market for auto worker services.
C) OPEC in the market for crude oil.
D) all of the above
B
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All of the following characteristics are common to both monopolistic competition and perfect competition except
A) firms act to maximize profit. B) firms take market prices as given. C) entry barriers into the industries are low. D) the market demand curves are downward-sloping.
A unique feature of oligopoly markets is
a. market power b. mutual interdependence c. barriers to entry d. product heterogeneity e. pricing power
If we observe a decrease in the price of a good and a decrease in the amount of the good bought and sold, this could be explained by a(an):
a. increase in the supply of the good. b. increase in the demand for the good. c. decrease in the demand for the good. d. decrease in the supply of the good.
A banking system that provides people immediate access to their deposits, but that allows banks to hold only a portion of those deposits on reserve, is known as:
a. an excess reserve system. b. a fractional reserve system. c. the Fed. d. the FDIC. e. an asset-based system.