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Thursday, December 31, 2009

ECO401 Solved MCQ3 from Quiz #3

ECO401 Solved MCQ from Quiz #3

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Which of the following can be thought of as a barrier to entry?

Scale economies.

Patents.

Strategic actions by incumbent firms.

All of the given options are true.

 

A new technology which reduces costs for firms':

Shifts the supply curve to the right

Shifts the supply curve to the left

Reduces the equilibrium quantity

Raises the equilibrium price

 

The point at which AC intersects MC is where:

AC is decreasing.

MC is at its minimum.

AC is at its minimum.

AC is at its maximum.

 

A normative economic statement:

Is a statement of fact

Is a hypothesis used to test economic theory.

Is a statement of what ought to be, not what is.

Is a statement of what will occur if certain assumptions are true.

 

If the income elasticity of demand is 1/2, the good is:

 

A luxury

A normal good (but not a luxury).

An inferior good.

A Giffen good.

 

And another question that derives from above is

If the income elasticity of demand is 2, the good is:

 

A luxury

A normal good(but not a luxury)

An inferior good.

A Giffen good.

 

 

Which of the following can be thought of as a barrier to entry?

 Scale economies.

Patents.

Strategic actions by incumbent firms.

All of the given options are true.

 

A new technology which reduces costs for firms':

 Shifts the supply curve to the right

Shifts the supply curve to the left

Reduces the equilibrium quantity

Raises the equilibrium price