About how many commercial banks are operating in the United States?
A. 8,000
B. 9,000
C. 10,000
D. Over 15,000
A. 8,000
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If the price of a pizza were to increase to $50, many people would give up eating pizza while others would continue to eat it. This would indicate
A) those who are buying pizza value it at least $50 per pizza. B) those who are not buying pizza value it more than $50 per pizza. C) only those who are extremely wealthy are buying pizza. D) the price of pizza needs to be regulated by the federal government.
Forcing a natural monopoly to charge P = MC will not work
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
All of the following are true for first-degree price discrimination except which one?
A) Consumers pay less for the first units that they purchase. B) In reality, it is impossible to practice. C) Each consumer pays the maximum price they are willing to pay for every unit purchased. D) Consumers receive no consumer surplus.
"When a third party (for example, an insurance company or the government) pays all or most of the cost of a good or service, the incentive of consumers to shop for the best value per dollar spent and of producers to offer the item at an economical price is substantially reduced." This statement is
a. essentially true. b. false; consumers will still have a strong incentive to search for the most economical price even if someone else is paying the bill. c. false; producers will still have a strong incentive to keep prices low even if consumers are non-responsive to price differences among suppliers. d. false; the party paying for the good will not influence the incentive of either consumers or producers to economize.