The act of buying a commodity in one market at a lower price and selling it in another market at a higher price is known as:
a. selling short.
b. buying long.
c. arbitrage.
d. a tariff.
c
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In a partnership, debts accumulated by one partner
A) are the responsibility of that partner only. B) are the responsibility of the other partners as well. C) are the responsibility of all the employees of the partnership, regardless of whether those employees are partners. D) are the responsibility of the other partners only up to the amount each partner initially invested in the partnership.
Consider a society consisting of just a farmer and a tailor. The farmer has 10 units of food but no clothing. The tailor has 20 units of clothing but no food. Suppose each has the utility function U = F ? C. The price of clothing is always $1. If the price of food is $3, does a competitive equilibrium exist? If not, what will happen to the price of food?
What will be an ideal response?