It seems likely that economic sanctions ultimately would have led to regime change in Iraq

Once an equilibrium is achieved, it can persist indefinitely because

A) shocks that shift the demand curve or the supply curve cannot occur. B) shocks to the demand curve are always exactly offset by shocks to the supply curve. C) the government never intervenes in markets at equilibrium. D) in the absence of supply/demand shocks no one applies pressure to change the price.

Pricing to Competition When ShorTech introduced its Quadrant mobile phone, it had few competitors and so it set a price of $500 when its unit cost was $350 . The economics consulting firm it hired to estimate the demand elasticity confirmed this was the

optimal price. Since then, entry has occurred that make customers more price conscious. When it rehired the economics consulting firm to estimate the demand elasticity, it found that demand had become more elastic at -4 . Also, it eked out cost savings and now has a unit cost of $300 . What price should ShorTech charge now?