Which of the following is a barrier to entry?
A. Patents and licenses
B. Buyers' incomes
C. Close substitutes
D. Diminishing marginal returns
A. Patents and licenses
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The Service Employees International Union is an example of a(n)
A) guild. B) craft union. C) industrial union. D) public-sector union.
Assume that an inferior good is produced in a perfectly competitive, increasing-cost industry with external diseconomies. The market is initially in long-run equilibrium. After all long-run adjustments are made, which of the following would occur in this market as a result of an increase in consumers' incomes?
a. The market price would remain unchanged; the market quantity would rise. b. The market price would rise; the market quantity would fall. c. The market price would remain unchanged; the market quantity would fall. d. Both the market price and the market quantity would fall. e. Both the market price and the market quantity would rise.