If tea and coffee are substitutes, the cross elasticity of coffee with respect to the price of tea will be ________ and an increase in the price of tea will ________ the demand for coffee
A) positive; increase
B) negative; decrease
C) negative; increase
D) positive; decrease
A
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When regulators identify with the special interests of the industry they regulate, this behavior conforms with the
A) share-the-gains, share-the-pains hypothesis. B) rate-of-return hypothesis. C) lemon market hypothesis. D) capture hypothesis.
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