A profit-maximizing monopolist will choose to operate along the inelastic portion of its demand curve
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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A sustained change in the monetary growth rate will
A) immediately affect equilibrium real money balances by raising the money interest rate. B) eventually affect equilibrium nominal money balances by raising the money interest rate. C) eventually affect equilibrium real money balances by reducing the money interest rate. D) eventually affect equilibrium real money balances by raising the real interest rate. E) eventually affect equilibrium real money balances by raising the money interest rate.
If total consumption is $5 billion, investments $2 billion, government purchases $1 billion, exports $1 billion, and imports $3 billion, the GDP must equal:
A. $12 billion. B. $6 billion. C. $9 billion. D. $3 billion.
A game involving two players with two possible strategies is a prisoner's dilemma if each player has a dominant strategy and:
A. each player's payoff is higher when both play their dominant strategy than when both play their dominated strategy. B. there is a Nash equilibrium that yields the highest payoff for both players. C. each player's payoff is higher when both play their dominated strategy than when both play their dominant strategy. D. neither player plays their dominant strategy.
A month ago, you bought a one-year bond with a value of $100 that pays a fixed interest rate of 5 percent per year. The interest rate of the economy was also 5 percent. Today you read in the newspaper that the interest rate in the economy increased to 6 percent. You are holding a bond that is:
A. not desirable at all. B. desirable to you. C. less desirable to other investors. D. highly desirable to other investors.