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100% free · No login to startQuestion 1351
A concentration ratio of 100% indicates:
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Correct answer: B — A monopoly
Question 1352
A key advantage of the concentration ratio is:
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Correct answer: B — It is simple to compute
Question 1353
A major limitation of the concentration ratio is that:
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Correct answer: B — It does not directly quantify market power
Question 1354
A firm with 100% market share may still behave competitively if:
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Correct answer: A — Barriers to entry are low
Question 1355
A sugar wholesaler with no competitors may still price competitively because:
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Correct answer: B — Potential entrants can easily enter
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Question 1356
A concentration ratio may fail to reflect increased pricing power when:
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Correct answer: B — The largest firms merge
Question 1357
Competition law is also known as:
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Correct answer: B — Antitrust law
Question 1358
Regulators may block mergers when:
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Correct answer: B — The merger may create excessive market power
Question 1359
Elasticity estimation requires:
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Correct answer: C — Both supply and demand equations
Question 1360
Time-series elasticity estimation may be unreliable because:
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Correct answer: B — Market structure may change over time
Question 1361
Cross-sectional elasticity estimation:
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Correct answer: B — Requires extensive data collection
Question 1362
Using GDP instead of household income in a regression is an example of:
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Correct answer: B — Variable specification choice
Question 1363
A concentration ratio close to 0 indicates:
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Correct answer: B — Perfect competition
Question 1364
A concentration ratio close to 100 indicates:
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Correct answer: B — Monopoly
Question 1365
A high concentration ratio does NOT always imply market power because:
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Correct answer: B — Entry barriers may be low
Question 1366
A merger between the top two firms may not change the concentration ratio much because:
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Correct answer: B — The ratio sums their shares anyway
Question 1367
The concentration ratio’s main disadvantage is:
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Correct answer: B — It does not measure market power directly
Question 1368
A monopolist restricting output causes:
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Correct answer: B — Higher prices and lower consumption
Question 1369
Regulators broke up AT&T to:
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Correct answer: B — Introduce competition and lower prices
Question 1370
The vitamin price-fixing case involved:
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Correct answer: B — Roche, Rhone-Poulenc, and BASF
Question 1371
A merger may be blocked if:
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Correct answer: B — It creates excessive market concentration
Question 1372
Endogeneity means:
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Correct answer: D — Variables are exogenous
Question 1373
Time-series data may mislead elasticity estimates because:
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Correct answer: B — Market conditions evolve over time
Question 1374
Cross-sectional data may be difficult to use because:
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Correct answer: B — It requires extensive data collection
Question 1375
Business cycles are defined as recurrent expansions and contractions in:
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Correct answer: B — Aggregate economic activity
Explanation: ✔ Why correct: Business cycles affect broad aggregate activity, not individual sectors.
Question 1376
Business cycles occur mainly in economies that:
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Correct answer: B — Organize work mainly in business enterprises
Explanation: ✔ Why correct: Business cycles are typical of market-based, enterprise-driven economies.
Question 1377
Business cycles are recurrent but not periodic, meaning:
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Correct answer: B — They repeat with varying duration and intensity
Explanation: ✔ Why correct: Cycles recur but do not follow a fixed schedule.
Question 1378
The two broad phases of the business cycle are:
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Correct answer: C — Expansion and contraction
Explanation: ✔ Why correct: Expansion (upswing) and contraction (downturn) are the core phases.
Question 1379
A peak in the business cycle represents:
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Correct answer: B — The highest point before contraction
Explanation: ✔ Why correct: A peak is the turning point before a downturn.
Question 1380
A trough represents:
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Correct answer: C — The lowest point before recovery
Explanation: ✔ Why correct: A trough is the lowest point before recovery begins.
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