In monopolistically competitive markets, product differentiation is a significant barrier to entry.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
Monopolistic competition is a market in which many firms produce differentiated goods or services and have low barriers to entry.
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Jane is a dietician in a city that twenty years ago voted to restrict the number of dieticians in the city to five and to regulate their prices
Although the city has tripled in size during that time (and thus demand has increased), no new dietician licenses have been issued. Over the years Jane and the other license holders have begun offering a wide variety of perks to their clients to maintain market share. It is clear that the initial restriction on licenses gave Jane a _____. a. monopoly b. transitional gain c. transitional loss d. sense of security
An unanticipated shift to a more expansionary macro-policy that leads to a higher-than-expected rate of inflation will
a. place downward pressure on prices. b. temporarily reduce unemployment. c. temporarily reduce output. d. temporarily reduce the natural rate of unemployment.
Stock in Creole Cuisine Restaurants is selling at $25 per share. Creole Cuisine had earnings of $5 a share and a dividend yield of 5 percent. The dividend is
a. $0.25 and the price-earnings ratio is 5. b. $.25 and the price-earnings ratio is 6.7. c. $1.25 and the price-earnings ratio is 5. d. $1.25 and the price-earnings ratio is 6.7.
Frictional unemployment results from
a. job searching. It is often thought to explain relatively short spells of unemployment. b. job searching. It is often thought to explain relatively long spells of unemployment c. a surplus in the some labor markets. It is often thought to explain relatively short spells of unemployment. d. a surplus in some labor markets. It is often thought to explain relatively long spells of unemployment.