Which of the following statements best describes the concept of consumer surplus?
A) "I paid $89 for a microwave oven last week. This week the same store is selling the same microwave oven for $69."
B) "I sold my hard copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to a used book store for $10 even though I was willing to sell it for $5."
C) "Target was having a sale on tube socks so I bought 5 pairs."
D) "I was going to pay $200 for new sunglasses that I had seen at the Oakley store but I ended up paying only $140 for the same sunglasses."
Answer: D
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During the 1990s positive technological change in the production of chicken caused the price of chicken to fall. Holding everything else constant, how would this affect the market for pork (a substitute for chicken)?
A) The demand for pork would decrease and the equilibrium price of pork would decrease. B) The demand for pork would decrease and the equilibrium price of pork would increase. C) The demand for pork would increase because consumers could afford to buy more chicken and pork. D) The supply of pork would increase and the equilibrium price of pork would decrease.
Why are many oligopolistic market outcomes conveniently described by a Prisoners' Dilemma?
A) The firms can always achieve the outcome that maximizes joint outcomes. B) The firms could do better than the Nash equilibrium if they collude. C) The outcome of a Prisoners' Dilemma is always efficient. D) The outcome of a Prisoners' Dilemma is always identical to the perfectly competitive outcome.