In practice, oligopolistic markets are:

A. fairly common.
B. very rare.
C. forbidden by the government.
D. usually protected by the government.


A. fairly common.

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The debt burden in the United States was highest during

A) the 1980s. B) the 1960s. C) World War II. D) World War I.

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One reason the Federal Reserve System was set up was to

a. increase the safety of the U.S. banking system. b. provide the United States with a more flexible supply of currency. c. provide banking services for the federal government. d. do all of these.

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Refer to the graph shown. Suppose the economy is initially at A but then the Fed adopts a contractionary monetary policy. Using the standard AS/AD model reasoning, this policy will cause the economy to move to:

A. B in the short run and the long run. B. C in the short run and A in the long run. C. C in the short run and E in the long run. D. A in the short run and the long run.

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Figure 16.3Figure 16.3 depicts a market for electricity. S1 is the supply curve without the external costs. S2 is the supply curve with the $T tax. Assume electricity production incurs external costs. If the government imposes a pollution tax, the price of a mega-watt of electricity will increase by:

A. PA - PB. B. PA - PC. C. PB - PC. D. 1/2 (PA - PC).

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