A monopoly can arise when

A) there are diseconomies of scale.
B) there are barriers to entry and no close substitutes for the good being produced.
C) a firm cannot price discriminate.
D) firms engage in rent seeking.
E) a firm must set MR equal to MC in order to maximize its profit.

B

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Last year, Jack's income was $15,000 and he bought 50 bags of potato chips. This year his income is $18,000 and he buys 55 bags of potato chips. Therefore, Jack's

A) income elasticity of demand for potato chips is 0.52. B) price elasticity of demand for potato chips is 0.52. C) income elasticity of demand for potato chips is 1.66. D) price elasticity of demand for potato chips is 1.66.

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Stock options as a form of payment are designed to:

A. evade the equal-pay-for-equal-work provisions of the federal antidiscrimination law. B. boost the overall earnings of minimum-wage workers. C. offset monopsony. D. address the principal-agent problem.

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