In 2002, President Bush imposed a tariff on imported steel. He did so in response to rent seeking by
A) domestic steel consumers.
B) domestic steel producers.
C) foreign steel consumers.
D) foreign steel producers.
E) foreign politicians.
B
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If national saving (S) is $100,000, net taxes (T) equal $100,000 and government expenditure (G) is $25,000, how much are households and businesses saving?
A) $25,000 B) $225,000 C) -$25,000 D) none of the above
Two firms, Alpha and Beta, produce identical computer hard drives. They have identical costs, and the hard drives they produce are identical. The industry is a natural duopoly
Alpha and Beta enter into a collusive agreement, according to which they split the market equally. If both firms comply with the agreement A) together they will operate in a way indistinguishable from a monopoly. B) the price of a hard drive will be equal to marginal cost. C) each firm will make zero economic profit. D) the oligopoly will produce more hard drives than a profit-maximizing monopoly would produce.