If firms in a market have been prohibited from reaching the minimum efficient scale,
a. the market is probably perfectly competitive.
b. the market is probably a monopoly.
c. mergers will result if the restrictions are eliminated.
d. the LRATC curve has been shifting upward.
e. the LRATC curve has been shifting downward.
C
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Without any change in the demand for labor, how will shifts in the supply of labor affect equilibrium wage and employment?
What will be an ideal response?
In 1973 and again in 1979, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) raised the world price of crude oil and increased their revenue as well. Which of the following is a TRUE statement regarding these OPEC price hikes?
A) Their revenue increased because the demand for oil was income inelastic. B) Their revenue increased because the demand for oil was price inelastic. C) Their revenue would have increased regardless of income elasticity or price elasticity because oil is an imported product for most nations. D) Their revenue only increased because oil was already very expensive.
Dole Co operates in a monopolistically competitive market. To try to earn an economic profit, Dole Co will
A) prevent other firms from entering the market. B) increase its product's price. C) continually seek to differentiate its product. D) increase output.
TQM and other management innovations fail because:
A. workers don't underestimate the costs of change. B. management underestimates the costs of change. C. management estimates the costs of change correctly but workers don't. D. management overestimates the costs of change.