Japan's protection of its semiconductor (RAM) producers is today seen as an object lesson in
A) how strategic planning may backfire and cause a large waste of resources.
B) how externalities may be successfully exploited by protectionist policies.
C) how excess returns may be successfully exploited by protectionist policies.
D) how government intervention may create a meaningful comparative advantage.
E) how monopolies can outlast government intervention.
A
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Figure 4.4 illustrates the supply of tacos. An increase in the price of ground beef, which is used to make tacos, would most likely cause a movement from
A) point a to point b. B) point c to point b. C) S2 to S1. D) S0 to S1.
A strategy is dominant if
A) it yields a greater payoff than any other player receives. B) it yields a payoff at least as large as that from any other strategy, regardless of the actions of other players. C) the player cannot gain by changing strategy, assuming that no other player changes strategy D) it is part of a Nash equilibrium.