The ____ takes on particular importance because it is a self-enforcing equilibrium. That is, once this equilibrium is established, neither firm has an incentive to move
a. socially optimal solution
b. Nash equilibrium
c. disequilibrium
d. payoff matrix
b
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The European Economic and Monetary Union
A) set up a single currency and sole bank for European economic monetary policy. B) eliminated all barriers to trade such as tax differentials between borders. C) produced a single government for handling European affairs. D) created the Common Agricultural Pact. E) eliminated all local currencies in Western Europe.
Assume that a monopoly is producing at a profit-maximizing output level. If the firm's total fixed costs decrease, the firm
A) should lower its price. B) should increase its price. C) should continue to produce at the same level. D) increase its output level.
One explanation for the slope of the aggregate demand curve is that: a. nominal income falls and so does the demand for goods and services as prices rise
b. falling prices make people feel poorer and reduce spending. c. the government spends less to drive the price level back to normal as prices rise. d. businesses increase spending when inflation is high and rising. e. domestic goods become more expensive relative to foreign goods when prices rise, reducing exports.
Profit-maximizing firms enter a competitive market when, for existing firms in that market,
a. total revenue exceeds fixed costs. b. total revenue exceeds total variable costs. c. average total cost exceeds average revenue. d. price exceeds average total cost.