Suppose an oil cartel has an agreement to restrict members' production in order to maintain a price of $30 per barrel. A single cartel member may want to cheat and exceed its quota so that it can:
a. reduce its costs.
b. charge higher prices.
c. make demand more inelastic.
d. earn a bigger profit.
d
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What will be an ideal response?
A patent
a. tends to discourage further innovation, since there are no other competitors to "push" the patentee b. prevents anyone else from buying the same discovery or product for twenty years c. grants exclusive rights over the protected firm for at least fifty years d. is an infringement against an exclusive business right e. prevents anyone else from selling the same discovery or product for twenty years
The supply of loanable funds reflects the willingness of
a. businesses to borrow loanable funds for new capital at various interest rates b. consumers to spend loanable funds for items, such as new cars, at various interest rates c. savers to provide loanable funds to the loanable funds market at various interest rates d. firms to provide the funds, which is why production occurs in the first place e. people to invest in business enterprise, if the price is right (meaning if the interest rate is right)
If a country's economic growth rate is 4 percent a year, approximately how many years will it take to double its Real GDP?
A) 22.2 B) 25.0 C) 15.6 D) 17.5 E) 8.8