In the market for bottled water, Fresh Springs has a 30 percent share of the market, Swiss Springs has a 27 percent share, L'eau de France has a 13 percent share, and Mountain Water has a 10 percent share
The rest of the market consists of 20 firms with a 1 percent share of the market each. What is the value of the Herfindahl-Hirschman index? A) 2,418
B) 80
C) 1,918
D) 2,818
C
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Assume that the graphs show a competitive market for the product stated in the question below.
Select the graph above that best shows the change in the market following a reduction in the tax placed on the suppliers in the market.
A. graph (1) B. graph (2) C. graph (3) D. graph (4)
If money demand is extremely sensitive to changes in the interest rate, the money demand curve becomes almost horizontal. If the Fed expands the money supply under these circumstances, then the interest rate will
A) change very little and investment and consumer spending will change very little. B) rise substantially and investment and consumer spending will rise substantially. C) fall substantially and investment and consumer spending will fall substantially. D) fall substantially and investment and consumer spending will change very little.
How is the impact of expansionary fiscal policy different in an open economy than in a closed economy?
What will be an ideal response?
If the profit effect and misperception effect existed in both the short run and the long run, then SRAS is ____ and LRAS is ____
a. upward sloping; upward sloping b. upward sloping: vertical c. vertical; upward sloping d. vertical; vertical