Higher expected profits and business confidence ________ investment spending. A) decrease B) increase C) do not affect D) none of the above. ANSWER B
Date: September 10th, 2020
Appreciation of the U.S. dollar will ________ exports and ________ imports, other things equal. A) increase; increase B) increase; decrease C) decrease; decrease D) decrease; increase ANSWER D
Date: September 10th, 2020
A movement down along a given isoquant causes the marginal rate of technical substitution to: A) increase. B) stay the same. C) decrease. D) cannot be determined without additional information. ANSWER C
Date: September 10th, 2020
One of the surprising conclusions of many of the noncooperative models of oligopoly is that firms end up better off with the noncooperative outcome than they would by cooperating with one another. Indicate whether the statement is true or false ANSWER FALSE
Date: September 10th, 2020
In comparing an oligopolistic firm to a perfectly competitive firm it is generally assumed that the price charged by the competitive firm will be higher than the price charged by the oligopolistic firm. Indicate whether the statement is true or false ANSWER FALSE
Date: September 10th, 2020
If a 10 percent increase in the price of a luxury hotel room causes the quantity demanded to decrease by 41.5 percent., we can conclude that the price elasticity of demand for luxury hotel rooms is approximately -0.24. Indicate whether the statement is true or false ANSWER FALSE
Date: September 10th, 2020
Government expenditures are considered autonomous in the model meaning that changes are the result of: A) changes in real income. B) changes in inflation. C) changes in unemployment. D) changes in policy decisions. ANSWER D
Date: September 10th, 2020
Knowledge about the price elasticity of demand is especially useful to managers because it allows them to predict how a change in price would affect a firm’s total revenues. Indicate whether the statement is true or false ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 10th, 2020
A home theater system and an HD television would be considered an example of: A) substitute goods. B) giffen goods. C) inferior goods. D) complementary goods. ANSWER D
Date: September 10th, 2020
Pepsi and Coke have competed in the market for bottled water primarily on the basis of convenience and product differentiation as a means to avoid the negative effects on revenue that result from price competition. Indicate whether the statement is true or false ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 10th, 2020
