Before summer 2008, if you wanted a cell phone in Bhutan, you only had one choice: B-Mobile, owned and operated by the government. What does Kuenga Gyalthen mean he states that, "Up until now, because of the monopoly, we've all been suffering
So, I mean, it's finally time the consumer actually is king for a little while."? A) He believes that producer surplus is greater with competition.
B) He believes that total surplus is greater with a monopoly.
C) He believes that prices are lower with a monopoly.
D) He believes that consumer surplus is greater with competition.
D
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millions of dollars in revenue for those tickets to be sold for less. American, on the other hand, believed the fare cut would increase its revenue even if rival airlines matched the lower fares. What different assumptions about the underlying price elasticity of demand for airline tickets on that route did each airline believe true?
Related to the Economics in Practice on page 281: The foreign visitors to the temples of Laos are typically much richer than the local Laotians. This tends to make the foreign visitors ________ buyers when it comes to ticket prices to enter the temples.
A. less elastic B. more elastic C. perfectly inelastic D. perfectly elastic