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In a kinked demand market, whenever one firm decides to lower its price,

   
other firms will automatically follow.
   
none of the other firms will follow.
   
one-half of the firms follow and one-half of the firms don't follow the price cut.
   
other firms all decide to exit the industry
   
all of the other firms raise their prices.

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In a perfectly competitive market, the firm is a price taker because _____.
 
A.

the price is dictated by the largest firm in the market, and if a given firm lowers its price other firms will conspire against it

B.

the firms in perfect competition are interdependent and if one firm charges a lower price, other firms will also lower their prices and all firms will incur an economic loss

C.

the price in the market is the price that maximizes each firm's producer surplus

D.

each firm makes a slightly different product

E.

it produces only a tiny proportion of the total output of a particular good and buyers are well informed about the prices of other firms

1. Which of the following statements about oligopolies is not correct?

a.

Oligopolistic firms always charge the monopoly price.
b.

Oligopolistic firms are interdependent in a way that firms in perfect competition are not.
c.

An oligopolistic market has only a few sellers.
d.

The actions of any one seller can have a large impact on the profits of all other sellers.

2. Which is true of an oligopoly market that reaches a Nash equilibrium?

a.

The firms will not have behaved as profit maximizers.
b.

A firm will have chosen its best strategy, given the strategies chosen by other firms in the market.
c.

A firm will not take into account the strategies of competing firms.
d.

The market price will be different for each firm.

3. In game theory, what is a dominant strategy?

a.

the best strategy for a player to follow, regardless of the what strategies other players use
b.

a strategy that makes every player better off
c.

a strategy that must appear in every game
d.

the best strategy for a player to follow only if other players are cooperative

4. Which of the following situations produces the largest profits for oligopolists?

a.

The firms reach a Nash equilibrium.
b.

The firms combine to produce the monopoly output level.
c.

The firms set prices equal to marginal cost.
d.

The firms produce a quantity of output that lies between the competitive outcome and the monopoly outcome.

1. Which of the following statements about oligopolies is not correct?

a.

Oligopolistic firms always charge the monopoly price.
b.

Oligopolistic firms are interdependent in a way that firms in perfect competition are not.
c.

An oligopolistic market has only a few sellers.
d.

The actions of any one seller can have a large impact on the profits of all other sellers.

2. Which is true of an oligopoly market that reaches a Nash equilibrium?

a.

The firms will not have behaved as profit maximizers.
b.

A firm will have chosen its best strategy, given the strategies chosen by other firms in the market.
c.

A firm will not take into account the strategies of competing firms.
d.

The market price will be different for each firm.

3. In game theory, what is a dominant strategy?

a.

the best strategy for a player to follow, regardless of the what strategies other players use
b.

a strategy that makes every player better off
c.

a strategy that must appear in every game
d.

the best strategy for a player to follow only if other players are cooperative

4. Which of the following situations produces the largest profits for oligopolists?

a.

The firms reach a Nash equilibrium.
b.

The firms combine to produce the monopoly output level.
c.

The firms set prices equal to marginal cost.
d.

The firms produce a quantity of output that lies between the competitive outcome and the monopoly outcome.

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