Which of the following is a characteristic of a monopoly?
a. a large number of sellers
b. homogeneous products
c. large barriers to entry
d. price taking firms
c
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Refer to Figure 4-4. The figure above represents the market for iced tea. Assume that this is a competitive market. If the price of iced tea is $3, what changes in the market would result in an economically efficient output?
A) The price would decrease, the quantity supplied would increase, and the quantity demanded would decrease. B) The price would decrease, quantity demanded would increase, and quantity supplied would decrease. C) The price would decrease, the demand would increase, and the supply would decrease. D) The quantity supplied would decrease, the quantity demanded would increase, and the equilibrium price would decrease.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of capitalism?
a. Private ownership of resources. b. Decentralized decision-making using markets. c. Representative democracy. d. Consumer sovereignty.
Expenditures that are directly included in GDP accounts include
a. the value of housework done by householders b. the selling of illegal drugs c. playing tennis with friends on a Sunday afternoon d. casual labor in sweatshops that is unreported e. going to a Dodgers-Expos game on your day off
In a 100-percent-reserve banking system, if people decided to decrease the amount of currency they held by increasing the amount they held in checkable deposits, then
a. M1 would increase. b. M1 would decrease. c. M1 would not change. d. M1 might rise or fall.