How does the Department of Justice deal with mergers of large companies?
a. It blocks all mergers.
b. It blocks any merger resulting in over 25% of market share.
c. It allows mergers that increase efficiency.
d. It allows mergers that reduce competition.
c. It allows mergers that increase efficiency.
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The inflation rate measures the average prices of goods and services in the economy
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The marginal propensity to consume is always
a. a negative number b. larger than 1.0 c. larger than 10 d. greater than zero and less than 0.5 e. greater than zero and less than 1.0
When the government uses a command-and-control policy to solve an externality, it
a. is usually the most effective policy option available. b. creates policies that directly regulate behavior. c. usually involves taxing the consumption of a commodity. d. typically refers to the Coase theorem to structure the policy.
An individual is endowed with $100 of income in period 1, and will receive an income of 121 in period 2. The interest rate is 10%, and there are only 2 periods. In order to have the same level of consumption in both periods, each period’s consumption must be
a) 80 b) 100 c) 110 d) 110.5 e) 121