If rent-seeking behavior reduces competition in a market, cooperative surplus in that market will
A) increase.
B) decrease.
C) remain unchanged.
D) All of the above are equally likely to occur.
B
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Which of the following is an example of peak-load pricing?
A) Charging less for vacations to Hawaii during December and January B) Charging more for electricity on hot days C) Setting price equal to marginal cost when there is a capacity constraint D) Selling excess capacity at lower prices
Based on your understanding of your roommate's preferences, you predict that he will select the spaghetti for his lunch at the cafeteria, but instead he chooses the gyros. How do you describe this event in terms of economic theory?
A) Your roommate is irrational. B) Your roommate does not know what is in his own best interests. C) You roommate does not know his own preferences as well as you do. D) You constructed a model that made a prediction, and the prediction was refuted.