A monopolistically competitive firm
A) cannot make a positive economic profit in the long run because of entry.
B) can make a positive economic profit in the long run because it sells a differentiated good.
C) can make a positive economic profit in the long run because there are only a few firms in the industry.
D) cannot make a positive economic profit in the long run because it sells a homogeneous good.
Ques. 2The stockholders of a corporation have ________ liability and ________ required to pay all of the firm's losses.
A) limited; are
B) limited; are not
C) unlimited; are
D) unlimited; are not
Ques. 3In the figure above, imposing a tax on the product results in a division in which
A) all of the tax is paid by the buyers.
B) all of the tax is paid by the sellers.
C) the buyers and sellers pay the same amount.
D) neither the buyers nor the sellers pay the tax.
Ques. 4In recent years, Japan's capital stock has increased by about 6 percent from one year to the next. As a result, we would expect
A) a leftward shift in Japan's aggregate demand curve.
B) a movement up along Japan's short-run aggregate supply curve.
C) only Japan's long-run aggregate supply curve to shift rightward.
D) rightward shifts in both Japan's short-run aggregate supply and long-run aggregate supply curves.
Ques. 5In an oligopoly price-fixing game, each player tries to
A) minimize the market shares of its opponents.
B) maximize its own market share.
C) minimize the profits of its opponents.
D) maximize its own profit.
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