Why do competitive firms enter the market in spite of the price war threatened by the dominant firm?
The new firms are usually forward looking. They are aware of the fact that if they actually open up for business the dominant firm's best strategy would be to accommodate them rather than sacrifice profits in hopes of bankrupting them.
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a. Space rental b. Advertising c. Raw material cost d. All of the above-they are all variable costs
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A. in other countries and consumed domestically. B. domestically and consumed in other countries. C. and consumed in other countries. D. and consumers domestically.
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a. GDP curve. b. disposable income curve. c. consumption function. d. autonomous consumption curve.
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