Two identical firms that share a market and produce a homogenous good will find the Bertrand Oligopoly LEAST attractive because
A) Cartels generate the highest joint profit.
B) a Cournot Oligopoly will generate more profit than a Bertrand Oligopoly.
C) they want to avoid a price war that leads to profit erosion and P = MC.
D) All of the above.
D
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A monopolist will hire fewer workers than a perfectly competitive firm because
A) the marginal product curve decreases as additional units of labor are hired for a monopoly but not for a competitive firm. B) there is a variety of employers in a competitive market and only one in a monopoly. C) marginal revenue is greater than price for a monopoly while marginal revenue is equal to price for a competitive firm. D) to sell an additional unit of the good the competitive firm will keep the price the same while the monopolist must lower it on all units sold.
Expansionary fiscal policy consists of:
a. increasing government spending. b. increasing payroll taxes to finance health care. c. decreasing government spending. d. raising the minimum wage.