A. An increase in price by the firm is not followed by others
B. An increase in price by the firm is followed by others
C. A decrease in price by the firm is followed by others
D. Firms collude to fix the price
Related Mcqs:
- The kinked demand curve model of oligopoly assumes the elasticity of demand ?
A. in response to a price increase is less elastic than the elasticity of demand in response to a price decrease
B. is perfectly elastic if price increases and perfectly inelastic if price decreases
C. is constant regardless of whether price increase of decrease.
D. in response to a price increases is more elastic than the elasticity of demand in response to a price decrease - The Kinked Demand curve theory assumes ?
A. Firms cooperate
B. Firms act as part of cartel
C. Firms are competitive
D. Firms are not profit maximisers - In the Kinked demand curve theory ?
A. There is a kink in the marginal cost curve
B. Demand is price inelastic
C. Demand is price elastic
D. non-price competition is likely - Suppose that the demand curve for tin is highly inelastic. If the supply curve of tin decrease and increase cyclically along the demand curve for tin then in this market the size of the price fluctuation will be __________ the size of the quantity fluctuations?
A. relatively greater then
B. relatively less than
C. the same as
D. any of the above - A major weakness of the kinked demand curve model of oligopoly is that ?
A. it assumes that firms believe that their rivals will not respond to any price change they initiate
B. it fails to explain how a firm arrived at its price and output decision initially
C. The model cannot be tested empirically.
D. Real-world pricing strategies are more simple than those assumed in this model - The reason for the kinked demand curve is that ?
A. The oligopolist believes that competitors will match output increase but not output reduction
B. The oligopolist believes that competitors will match price increase but not output reduction
C. The oligopolist believers that competitors will match price cuts but not price rises
D. The oligopolist believes that competitors will match price increase but not output increase - Suppose that the supply curve of tin is highly inelastic. If the demand curve of tin decrease and increase cyclically along the supply curve of tin, then in this market the size of the quantity fluctuation will bathe size of the price fluctuations ?
A. relatively greater than
B. relatively less than
C. the same as
D. Any of the above - The short run marginal cost curve cuts the short run total cost curve and short run average variable cost curve ?
A. At their lowest points
B. When they are declining
C. When they are increasing
D. When marginal revenue is zero - In the short run, the competitive firm’s supply curve is the portion of the marginal cost curve that lies above the average variable cost curve?
A. Upward-sloping portion of the average total cost curve
B. upward-sloping portion of the average variable cost curve
C. portion of the marginal cost curve that lies above the average total cost curve.
D. entire marginal cost curve.
E. portion of the marginal-cost curve that lies above the average variable cost curve - Assuming a downward sloping demand curve and upward sloping supply curve a higher equilibrium price may be caused by ?
A. An fall in demand
B. An increase in supply
C. improvements in production technology
D. An increase in demand
