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Which of the following equations best describes the relationship between economic and accounting profit?
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Economic Profit= Accounting Profit - Implicit costs
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Marginal cost is calculated as
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The increase in total costs divided by the increase in the quantity
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A perfectly competitive firm does best to charge a price
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equal to its competitors
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which of the following is true of monopolistically competitive firms
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The price they charge is greater than marginal cost
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Firms can cooperate in "prisoners dilemma" type situations if...
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They expect to interact over and over again
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An advantage of the herfindahl-Hirschman Index over the four-firm concentration ratio is that it...
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Uses information from all firms in the industry
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Oligopolists are unique among firms because they...
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Must pay close attention to their customers' actions
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Economists usually assume that the goal of a firm is to...
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Maximize profits
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With no price discrimination, the monopolist sells every unit at the same price. Assuming that monopolist faces a downward-sloping demand curve, we know:
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Price is greater than marginal revenue
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in an oligopoly situation, the logic of self-interest will usually lead to a total output level that...
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Exceeds the monopoly level of output, but falls short of the competitive level of output
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What term describes a game in which players want to choose the same option as other players in the game?
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Coordination game
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Which of the following measures the degree of market power in a market?
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Both concentration ratios and Herfinahl-Hirschman index
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Private information is the cause of:
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Both the adverse selection problem and the moral hazard problem
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What problem related to private information would Quacklack find among its buyers of unemployment insurance?
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More high-cost buyers than low-cost buyers would choose to buy insurance