A. To increase price artificially
B. Maintenance of price through public subsidy or government intervention
C. To enhance price
D. To maintain price at specific level
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 - 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 - Suppose the price level falls but suppliers only notice that the price of their particular product has fallen Thinking there has been a fall in the relative price of their product they cut back on production, This is a demonstration of the ?
A. misperceptions theory of the short run aggregate supply curve
B. classical dichotomy theory of the short run aggregate supply curve
C. sticky price theory of the short run aggregate supply curve
D. sticky wage theory of the short run aggregate supply curve - Taxes creates a wedge between the sales price and purchase price that prevents the price system equating ____ and ______?
A. marginal costs, marginal benefits
B. demand, supply
C. marginal cost, marginal revenue
D. marginal cost, average cost - Suppose that at a price of Rs 30 per month there are 30000 subscribers to cable television in small Town. If small Town Cablevision raises its price Rs40 per month the number of subscribers will fall to 20000 Using the midpoint method for calculating the elasticity what is the price elasticity of demand for cable TV in Small Town ?
A. 1.4
B. 0.66
C. 0.75
D. 2.0 - Suppose that at a price of Rs 30 per month there are 30000 subscribers to cable television in small Town. If small Town Cablevision raise its price to Rs 40 per month the number of subscribers will fall to 20000 At which of the following price does small Town Cablevision earn the greatest total revenue ?
A. Rs 0 per month
B. Rs 30 per month
C. Rs 40 per month
D. Either Rs 30 or Rs 40 per month because the price elasticity of demand is 1.0 - If the price elasticity of demand is unit then a fall in price ?
A. Reduces revenue
B. Leaves revenue unchanged
C. Increase revenue
D. Reduces costs - The firm would maximize profit by selling computers in the United States at a price of __________ and _________ computers in Japan at a price of __________?
A. 200, $2,000, 100 $1,000
B. 300, $1,800, 800 $800
C. 300, $1,800, 400 $800
D. 500, $1,400, 400 $800 - 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
