A. price leadership
B. price concentration
C. collusion
D. game theory,
Related Mcqs:
- Suppose that the world price of tin is above the target (ceiling) price that is defined by an international commodity agreement. To move the world price toward the target price, a buffer stock agreement would require its buffer stock manager to ____ tin and an export quota agreement would require that member countries _________ their export of tin?
A. purchase; decrease
B. purchase; increase
C. sell; increase
D. sell; decrease - In the Px = export price index, Pm = import price index, Qx = export quantity index,and Qm = import quantity index. Developing countries tend to maintain that their commodity term of trade have declined over the long run suggesting that _________ has declined?
A. Px/Pm
B. Pm/Px
C. (Pm/Px)Qm
D. (Px/Pm)Qx - uppose a consumer must choose between the consumption of sandwiches and pizza. If we measure the quantity of pizza on the horizontal axis and the quantity of sandwiches on the vertical axis and if the price of a pizza is Rs10 and the price of a sandwich is Rs5, then the slope of the budget constraint is ?
A. 2
B. 10
C. 1/2
D. 5 - Assume that global recession causes the quantity of tin demanded to decrease by 4 million pounds at each price To maintain the price of tin at the target price you would ?
A. sell 4 million pounds of tin
B. sell 8 million pounds of tin
C. buy 4 million pounds of tin
D. buy 8 million pounds of tin - Instead, assume that global economic expansion causes the quantity of tin demanded to increase by 4 million pounds at each price To maintain price of tin at the target price you would ?
A. sell 4 million pounds of tin
B. sell 8 million pounds of tin
C. buy 4 million pounds of tin
D. buy 8 million pounds of tin - Point out the use of the term price fixing ?
A. Unlawful agreement between manufacturers to set and maintain specified price on typically competing products
B. Artificial setting of price of commodity by government
C. Both of them
D. None of them - If the quantity demanded of beef increases by 5% when the price of chicken increase by 20% the cross-price elasticity of demand between beef and chicken is ?
A. -4
B. 0.25
C. 4
D. -0.25 - Price increases from 10 to 12 pence and the price elasticity of demand is -0.5 The quantity demanded was 500 units. What will it be now ?
A. 550 units
B. 500 units
C. 450 units
D. 490 units - An increase in price from 25 pence to 30 pence leads to an increase in the quantity supplied from 40 units to 44 units. The price elasticity of supply is ?
A. +2
B. +0.5
C. -2
D. -0.5 - Suppose both buyers and sellers of wheat expect the price of wheat to rise in the near future. What would we expect to happen to the equilibrium price and quantity in the market for wheat today ?
A. The impact on both price and quantity is ambiguous
B. Price will decrease, quantity is ambiguous.
C. price will increase, quantity will decrease
D. price will increase, quantity is ambiguous.
E. Price will increase, quantity will increase
