Kellogg's and General Mills are two of the dominant breakfast cereal manufactures in the U.S. Each firm can either sign or not sign an exclusive contract with an Olympian gold-medal athlete to appear on the cover of a cereal box
If both companies sign an athlete, they will each make $5 million in economic profit. If only firm signs, they earn $8 million in economic profit and the other firm incurs an economic loss of $1 million. If neither firm signs, they break even. Which of the following pairs of payoffs would NOT appear together in a square of the payoff matrix? A) $5 million; $5 million
B) $0 million; $0 million
C) $8 million; $5 million
D) -$1 million; $8 million
C
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A) bank reserves. B) open market operations. C) money demand. D) the discount rate.
Why are international investors who have invested in developing nations favoring foreign direct investment and portfolio investment over loans?
A) The process of making loans is usually more difficult for investors to do than foreign direct and portfolio investment. B) The interest rate charged on the loans is usually lower than what can be earned in the U.S. C) It is illegal for banks to make loans to foreign firms. D) Investors have an aversion to owning dead capital and want to make sure that the resources they own do not become dead capital.