A firm in monopolistic competition
A) has no control over the price of the product it is selling.
B) might be selling a brand name product.
C) does not advertise nor market its product.
D) Both answers A and B are correct.
E) Answers A, B, and C are correct.
B
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In the 1980s, Japan agreed to limit the quantity of automobiles it would export to the United States. Why did the Japanese government agree to this trade restriction?
A) The Japanese government wanted more automobiles to be available for export to countries other than the United States. B) The Japanese government feared that the alternative would be a tariff or quota on imports of Japanese automobiles imposed by the U.S. government. C) The Japanese government wanted to limit sales to the United States in order to make more automobiles available for Japanese consumers. D) Japanese automobile producers lobbied for the restrictions in order to increase the price of their exports to the United States.
Which of these is an argument for using the potential compensation criterion?
a. If the winners can compensate the losers, no one is harmed by employing the criterion. b. The criterion does not employ interpersonal utility calculations. c. If employed over a large number of policy changes, everyone should enjoy a net gain in the long run. d. It is easy to determine the magnitude of the wins and losses.