Economics MCQs

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Many economics argue that resale price maintenance ?
A. Has a legitimate purpose of stopping discount retailers from free riding on the services provided by full services retailers?
B. Is price fixing and, therefore is prohibited by law
C. Is price fixing and therefore, is prohibited by law and enhances the market power of the producer
D. Enhances the market power of the producer
A model of Game theory of oligopoly is known as the ?
A. Prisoner’s dilemma
B. Monopoly cell
C. Jailhouses sentences
D. Jury box
When an oligopolist individually chooses its level of production to maximize its profits, it produces an output that is ?
A. More than the level produced by a monopoly and less than the level produced by a competitive market
B. Less than the level produced by a monopoly and more than the level produced by a competitive market
C. Less than the level produce by either monopoly or a competitive market
D. More than the level produced by either monopoly or a competitive market
As the number of sellers in an oligopoly increases ?
A. Output in the market tends to fall because each firm must cut back on production
B. The price in the market moves further from marginal cost
C. Collusion is more likely to occur because a larger number of firms can place pressure on any firm that defects
D. The price in the market moves closer to marginal cost
Laws that make it illegal for firms to conspire to raise prices or reduce production are known as ?
A. antimonopoly laws
B. all of these answers
C. anti-collusion laws
D. pro-competition laws