A. The section with the richest people
B. The section with the oldest people
C. The section with the most inelastic demand
D. The section with the most elastic demand
Related Mcqs:
- Assume that firms in an oligopoly are currently colluding to set price and output to maximise total industry profit. If the oligopolists are forced to stop colluding, the price charged by the oligopolists will _________ and the total output produced will __________?
A. decrease; decrease
B. increase; decrease
C. decrease; increase
D. increase; increase - If a producer has market power (can influence the price of the product in the market) then free market solutions ?
A. are equitable.
B. are efficient
C. maximize consumer surplus
D. are inefficient - If the price elasticity of demand for a product in market A is -0.2 and in market B is -3 a price discriminator will charge ?
A. The higher price in market A
B. The higher price in market B
C. The same Price in both markets
D. Cannot tell which price will be higher - 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 - Which of the follow statements about price discrimination is not true ?
A. Perfect price discrimination generates a deadweight loss
B. Price discrimination can raise economic welfare.
C. price discrimination requires that seller be able to separate buyers according to their willingness to pay.
D. Price discrimination increases a monopolist’s profits.
E. For a monopolist to engage in price discrimination buyers must be unable to engage in arbitrage. - In order to practice price discrimination which of the following is needed ?
A. some degree of monopoly power
B. an ability to separate the market
C. an ability to prevent reselling
D. all of the above - Which of the following best defines price discrimination ?
A. charging different prices on the basis of race
B. charging different prices for goods with different costs of production
C. charging different prices based on cost-of-service differences
D. selling a certain product of given quality and cost per unit at different prices to different buyers - If labour market discrimination crowds women into a limited number of occupations so that the number of occupations available to men increases, then ?
A. wages of men will be higher but the marginal productivity of men will be lower than it otherwise would be
B. the wages of men will be lower but the marginal productivity of men will be higher than it otherwise would be
C. both the wages and the marginal productivity of men will be lower than they otherwise would be
D. both the wages and the marginal productivity of men will be higher than they otherwise would be - A wage differential among groups may not by itself be evidence of discrimination in the labour market because different groups have ?
A. different preferences for the type of work they are willing to do
B. different levels of job experience
C. all of these answers are correct
D. different levels of education - In Price discrimination abnormal profits are made if ?
A. Average revenue is greater than average variable cost
B. Average revenue is greater than average cost
C. Average revenue is greater than marginal revenue
D. Average revenue is greater than average fixed cost
