After the repeal of Regulation Q, a problem for savings-and-loan associations (S&Ls) was that most of their assets were at __________ interest rates while their deposits were at __________ interest rates

For a common resource, the marginal social cost of the resource is ________ the marginal private cost

A) greater than B) equal to C) less than D) not comparable to

Requiring government agencies to report which company had the lowest bid for a government contract and the level of the bid,

A) can help a cartel enforce its agreement. B) can speed up the end of a cartel. C) may foster competition. D) may help a cartel to lower its price.