The ___ is the amount of goods and services that buyers are willing and able to buy at different prices and conditions given at a given time
Demand
The other two answers are correct
Supply
An example of ___ good is chicory
The other two answers are correct
An inferior
A normal
If the products are ___, the higher the price of one of them, the lower the demand for the other (if the rest of the circumstances are kept constant)
Substitutes
Complementary
The other two answers are correct
When income increases, the demand curve for normal goods shifts towards ___
The other two answers are correct
Left
Right
Examples of ___ goods are diamonds or luxury cars
The other two answers are correct
Giffen
Veblen
The ___ curve usually slopes upward from left to right
Supply
The other two answers are correct
Demand
At a higher cost, ___ supply
Less
The other answers are correct
Higher
By agreement it was established that when the elasticity is between zero and one, it is sait to be ___
Elastic
Inelastic
The other answers are correct
The supply of a new housing is very ___
Elastic
The other answers are correct
Inelastic
The direction of the inclination of the labor supply may change ___ for some individuals
More than once
Once
None ot the other answers is correct
Any oversupply would lead to price cuts that ___ the quantity demanded
Would decrease
Would increase
The other answers are correct
The issue of ___ demand is often used as an argument against widening the roads
Derivative
Induced
The other answers are correct
Production under perfect competition will always tend to ___
Marginal costs equal average costs
The other answers are correct
Marginal costs equal marginal revenue
In perfect competition, in the long term, the arrival of new companies or the expansion of existing ones in the market causes the average income curve of each company to shift ___
Downwards
The other answers are correct
Upwards
In Greek, "monos" means ___
The other answers are correct
Only
Same
Pure monopolies are said to "face a ___ demand"
Vertical sloping
Downward sloping
Horizontal sloping
___ is a combination of two companies in a larger one
The other answers are correct
An acquisition
A merger
It is known as ___ takeover when a smaller company will acquire management control of a larger or older company and retain its name for the combined entity
Reverse
Against nature
The other answers are correct
___ competition is a very common market structure where many competitive producers sell very similar products that are differentiated from each other by some variable (that is, the products are close substitutes, but not exactly the same)
Imperfect
Monopolistic
Perfect
In greek, "oligo" means ___
One
A lot of
Few
In perfect competition it is said that companies are ___
Price-accepting
Price-determinants
The other two answers are correct
According to the Georgists, the supply of land has ___ elasticity
One
Zero
The other answers are correct
The supply of doctors is much more ___ than the supply of cleaning employees
The other answers are correct
Elastic
Inelastic
The main determinants of the capital market are ___
Income and interest rate
Revenues and costs
The other answers are correct
The determinants of individual ___ are: the price of the good, the level of income, personal tastes, government policies and the price of substitute or complementary goods
Demand
The other two answers are correct
Supply
If a product is fashionable, its demand ___
The other two answers are correct
Increases
Decreases
If the products are complementary, the higher the price of one of them, the ___ the demand for the other (if the rest of the circumstances are kept constant)
Higher
Lower
The other two answers are correct
The demand curve usually slopes ___ from left to right
The other two answers are correct
Upwards
Downwards
By decreasing the prices of ___ goods, the preference of people to buy them decreases
The other two answers are correct
Normal
Veblen
The supply curve usually slopes ___ from left to right
Upwards
The other two answers are correct
Downwards
The greater the availability of the production factors, ___ supply
Higher
The other answers are correct
Less
By agreement it was established that when the elasticity exceeds the value of one, it is said to be ___
Inelastic
Elastic
The other answers are correct
The more spare capacity there is an industry, the more ___ it would be to increase production if prices rise
Difficult
The other answers are correct
Easy
The labor supply curve must start at ___
Minimum wage
Balance wage
None ot the other answers is correct
Any excess of ___ would lead to the price increasing
Supply
Demand
The other answers are correct
The ___ cost of time spent traveling is usually calculated as the product of travel time ant the value of travelers' time
Displacement
Opportunity
The other answers are correct
In the ___ term, perfectly competitive markets are productively efficient and efficient in allocating scarce productive resources
Short
The other answers are correct
Long
In perfect competition, in the long term, the arrival of new companies or the expansion of existing ones in the market causes the marginal income curve of each company to shift ___
Downwards
The other answers are correct
Upwards
In Greek, "polein" means ___
The other answers are correct
Sell
Buy
In the ___ term it may be good to allow a company to try to monopolize a market
The other answers are correct
Short
Long
___ results in a new name for the company
The other answers are correct
An acquisition
A merger
___ absorption occurs when a private company that has strong prospects and is eager to grow financially buys a company listed on a stock market
Reverse
Against nature
The other answers are correct
Common examples of ___ competition include markets for restaurants, cereal, clothing, shoes, and business
Imperfect
Monopolistic
Perfect
Oligopolistic markets and industries are at high risk of ___
Dismemberment
The other answers are correct
Collusion
In perfect competition, each company will produce the quantity that its ___ curve indicates for this price
Supply
Demand
The other two answers are correct
The price of the land will depend on the ___
Supply
Demand
The other answers are correct
The demand for doctors is ___
The other answers are correct
Elastic
Inelastic
Developing countries are those that haven't developed to the same levels as the countries of the ___
OECD
EFTA
NATO
At a higher price of the good, ___ demand
Less
The other two answers are correct
Higher
___ goods are goods that aren't consumed at the same time and satisfy the same need
The other two answers are correct
Substitutes
Complementary
An example of two ___ goods are the car and the fuel
Substitutes
Complementary
The other two answers are correct
The ___ curve usually slopes downwards from left to right
The other two answers are correct
Supply
Demand
An example of a ___ good is rice
The other two answers are correct
Veblen
Giffen
The ___ curve has a positive association
Supply
The other two answers are correct
Demand
The greater the quantity of goods produced, ___ supply
Higher
The other answers are correct
Less
The supply is normally more elastic in the ___ term
Short
Long
The other answers are correct
An example of a supply curve that changes its slope is ___ supply curve
Land
The other answers are correct
Labor
A ___ is the point at which the quantity demanded and the quantity supplied are equal
Economic balance
Deadpoint
None ot the other answers is correct
Any excess of demand would lead to the price ___
Decreasing
Increasing
The other answers are correct
In neoclassical economics and microeconomics, ___ describes the perfect way of being of a market in which there are many small companies, all producing homogeneous goods and many consumers
Monopolistic competition
Perfect competition
The other answers are correct
In perfect competition, in the ___ term, it's possible for an isolated company to obtain extraordinay profit
Long
The other answers are correct
Short
In perfect competition, in the ___ term, the company will only make a normal profit (zero extraordinary profit)
Long
The other answers are correct
Short
In many jurisdictions, ___ laws place specific restrictions on monopolies
The other answers are correct
Competence
Imputation
The forms of appearance of a ___ are: the trust, the cartel and mergers or acquisitions
The other answers are correct
Monopoly
Monopolistic competition
___ means the disappearance of the acquired company
The other answers are correct
A merger
An absorption
Statistics show that ___% of acquisitions were unsuccessful
50
40
30
A ___ is a form of market in which only one buyer faces many sellers
The other answers are correct
Monopsony
Monopoly
When there is a formal collusion agreement, it is known as ___
Holding
The other answers are correct
Cartel
In perfect competition, the supply curve or each company is conditioned by its ___ costs
Production
Social
The other two answers are correct
The suppliers of labor are the ___
Businessmen
Workers
The other answers are correct
The capital market is the market of ___
The other answers are correct
Money
Titles
OECD means ___
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Organization for Economic Control and Division
Organization for Economic Control and Development
At a higher income level, ___ demand
Higher
The other two answers are correct
Less
If the products are substitutes, at a higher price for one of them, ___ demand for the other (if the rest of the circumstances are kept constant)
The other two answers are correct
Higher
Less
There is ___ the demand curve when a change in prices causes the quantity demanded to change
Displacement of
Movement along
The other two answers are correct
The ___ curve usually slopes downwards
The other two answers are correct
Supply
Demand
In normal situations, when the price of a good rises, the ___ effect causes people to buy less of it and more of substitute goods
The other two answers are correct
Income
Substitution
The supply curve has a ___ association
Positive
The other two answers are correct
Negative
The ___ is the measure of how the quantity supplied reacts to a change in price
Elasticity
The other answers are correct
Efficiency
In the case that there is production capacity without using, elasticity would be ___
Lower
Higher
The other answers are correct
Where the labor supply curve slopes ___, the substitution effect is greater that the income effect
Negative
The other answers are correct
Positive
In most interpretations, classical economists such as Adam Smith held that the free market would tend toward economic equilibrium through the mechanism of ___
Price
Creationism
None ot the other answers is correct
Any excess of demand would lead to the price incresing, ___ the quantity demanded
Increasing
Decreasing
The other answers are correct
There are ___ perfectly competitive markets
A lot of
Few
The other answers are correct
In perfect competition, if the average price or average income is above the average cost, we would obtain an extraordinary profit ___
C - P
The other answers are correct
P - C
In perfect competition, the horizontal demand curve will touch the average total cost curve at it most ___ point
Minimum
The other answers are correct
Maximum
A ___ monopoly is approved by the state, often to provide an incentive to invest in risky ventures
Pure
Legal
Natural
A ___ is a vertical integration of companies so that an entire production process is under the control of a single company
The other answers are correct
Trust
Cartel
Acquisitions are ___
Friendly
Hostile
The other answers are correct
If there is only one seller in a certain industry and there are no close substitutes for the good that is produced by he, then the market structure is that of a ___ monopoly
Pure
Artificial
Natural
In Greek, opsonia means ___
The other answers are correct
Buy
Sale
A good example of a cartel can be the ___ that has a profound influence on the international price of oil
NATO
EFTA
OPEC
In perfect competition, inefficient companies won't be able to leave the sector in the ___ term
Short
Long
The other two answers are correct
The demanders of labor are the ___
Workers
Employers
The other answers are correct
In the capital market, governments can raise funds for ___ term
The other answers are correct
Short
Long
The only characteristic that ___ found common in all Third World countries was that their governments demand and receive Western aid (the donation of which he strongly opposes)
Bauer
Bronson
Smith
The higher the income level, the higher the demand for the ___ goods
Normal
The other two answers are correct
Inferior
If the products are ___, the higher the price of one of them, the greater the demand for the other (if the rest of the circumstances are kept constant)
The other two answers are correct
Substitutes
Complementary
There is movement along the demand curve when ___
The other answers are correct
A change in prices causes the quantity demanded to change
There is a change in the relationship between quantity and price that is brough about by a change in any of the factors that influence demand except price
The demand curve usually slopes ___
The other two answers are correct
Positive
Negative
In the situation of ___ good, there are no cheaper and closer substitutes available. Due to the lack of substitutes, the income effect dominates, guiding people to buy more of the good, even if its price increases
The other two answers are correct
Veblen
Giffen
The "supply law" means that producers will offer more quantity of goods and services if their price ___
Increases
The other two answers are correct
Decreases
The ___ of supply is the percentage of change in the quantity supplied divided by the percentage of change in the price
Elasticity
The other answers are correct
Efficiency
The quantity of goods offered may, in the ___ term, be different from the quantity produced
Long
short
The other answers are correct
Where the labor supply curve slopes upward, ___
The income effect is greater than the substitution effect
The other answers are correct
The substitution effect is greater that the income effect
Any excess of ___ would lead to price cuts
Supply
Demand
None ot the other answers is correct
Any excess of demand would lead to the price incresing, ___ the quantity supplied
Decreasing
Increasing
The other answers are correct
In perfect competition, in the ___ term, inefficient situations may occur
Long
Short
The other answers are correct
In perfect competition, if the ___ term, the positive profit can't be maintained
Short
The other answers are correct
Long
The characteristics of ___ are: many buyers/many sellers, low entry/exit barriers, perfect information, the objective of companies is to maximize profits, homogeneous products and perfect factor mobility
Perfect competition
Oligopsony
Oligopoly
The idea that monopolies in markets with ease entry don't need to be regulated is know as the "___ monopoly theory"
The other answers are correct
Revolution
Involution
A trust is a ___ integration of companies so that an entire production process is under the control of a single company
The other answers are correct
Vertical
Horizontal
An acquisition is ___ if the companies cooperate in the negotiations
The other answers are correct
Hostile
Friendly
___ monopoly is a monopoly created by the government through artificial barriers to entry such as patents, (for example, the pharmaceutical industry) and copyrights, (for example, the audiovisual industry)
An artificial
A pure
A natural
In a ___ there are both a monopoly (a single seller) and a monopsony (a single buyer) in the same market
The other answers are correct
Bilateral monopoly
Duopoly
The practice whereby a known market leader informally sets prices for other producers to answer is known as ___
The other answers are correct
Mirror leadership
Pricing leadership
In ___ there is a tendency to minimize costs and equate profits
Perfect competition
Monopoly
The other two answers are correct
The demand for labor is ___ demand
An independent
A derivative
The other answers are correct
The ___ market includes the Stock Market and the Bond Market
The other answers are correct
Money
Capital
Third World countries mainly sell ___
Raw materials
Processed products
The other answers are correct
At higher income level, ___ demand for inferior goods
Less
The other two answers are correct
Higher
An example of two ___ goods are butter and margarine
The other two answers are correct
Substitutes
Complementary
The ___ takes place when there is a change in the relationship between quantity and price that is brought about by a change in any of the factors that influence demand except price
The other answers are correct
Shifting of the demand curve
Movement along the demand curve
The demand curve usually slopes downward with the theoretical exception of ___ goods
Veblen
Giffen
The other answers are correct
In the situation of Giffen good, there are no cheaper and closer substitutes available. Due to the lack of substitutes, the ___ effect dominates, guiding people to buy more of the good, even if its price increases
The other two answers are correct
Substitution
Income
The determinants of individual ___ are: the price of the product, the cost of the production factors, the availability of the production factors, the quantity of goods produced and the expectations or objectives of the companies
Supply
The other two answers are correct
Demand
If, in response to a 10% increase in the price of a good, the quantity supplied increases by 20%, the elasticity of supply would be ___
2
1
0.5
The determinants of ___ are: the existence of raw materials available for the production process, the duration of the production process, the underused capacity, the ease of resources to move within the industry and the storage capacity of the companies
Supply
Price elasticity of supply
The other answers are correct
Where the labor supply curve has ___ elasticity, the income effect is greater than the substitution effect
Positive
The other answers are correct
Negative
Any oversupply would lead to ___ prices
Cuts
Increases
None ot the other answers is correct
___ demand is the phenomenon that happens when supply pulls consumption
Derivative
Induced
The other answers are correct
In perfect competition, in the ___ term, we could make the given output at a lower cost or we could make more output at the given cost
Long
Short
The other answers are correct
In perfect competition, in the long term, the arrival of new companies or the expansion of existing ones in the market causes the demand curve of each company to shift ___
Upwards
The other answers are correct
Downwards
In perfect competition, the objective of companies is to sell when ___, where they generate the maximum profit
Marginal cost meets marginal revenue
Marginal cost meets average cost
Average cost meets marginal revenue
Where there is a monopoly, a decrease in the production level results in a ___ price
The other answers are correct
Higher
Lower
A ___ is an horizontal integration of companies located in the same sector of activity
The other answers are correct
Cartel
Trust
An acquisition is ___ if the target company to be absorbed isn't willing to be bought or the Board of Directors of the company to be absorbed has no prior knowledge of the offer
The other answers are correct
Friendly
Hostile
___ monopoly happens when, due to the economies of scale of a particular industry, the maximum efficiency of production and distribution is realized through a single supplier
A natural
An artificial
A pure
In a ___, prize and output will be determined by non-economic forces such as the bargaining power of both buyer and seller
The other answers are correct
Bilateral monopoly
Duopoly
The supply and demand of a product determine an equilibrium ___, and at this one the companies freely decide the quantity they are going to produce
The other answers are correct
Demand
Price
Land was sometimes defined in ___ economy as the "original and indestructible power of the soil"
The other answers are correct
Classical
Neoclassical
If marginal revenue is ___than the marginal cost of a firm, then the firm will employ the worker
Lower
Higher
The other answers are correct
The ___ market is a global financial market for short-term loans
The other answers are correct
Capital
Money
Third World countries mainly buy ___
Processed products
Raw materials
The other answers are correct
The higher the income level, the lower the demand for ___ goods
Inferior
The other two answers are correct
Normal
___ goods are those that are consumed at the same time and satisfy the same need
The other two answers are correct
Complementary
Substitutes
The shift in the demand curve happens when ___
The other answers are correct
There is a change in the relationship between quantity and price that is brought by a change in any of the factors that influence demand except price
A change in price causes the quantity demanded to change
___ goods are high standing goods
The other answers are correct
Giffen
Veblen
The ___ is the amount of goods and services that producers are willing and able to offer at different prices and conditions at a given time
The other two answers are correct
Demand
Supply
At a higher price, ___ supply
Higher
The other two answers are correct
Less
The elasticity of supply is always ___
Positive
The other answers are correct
Negative
A ___ production process limits the possibility of increasing the quantity supplied
Short
Long
The other answers are correct
Where the labor supply curve has negative elasticity, ___
The substitution effect is greater than the income effect
The other answers are correct
The income effect is greater than the substitution effect
Any oversupply would lead to prices cuts, which ___ the quantity supplied
Decreases
Increases
The other answers are correct
The issue of ___ demand has become important in the debate on the expansion of transport systems
Derivative
Induced
The other answers are correct
In perfect competition, in the short term, production doesn't have to happen when ___
Marginal cost equals marginal revenue
Marginal cost equals average cost
The other answers are correct
In perfect competition, in the long term, the arrival of new companies or the expansion of existing ones in the market causes the price to move ___
Upwards
The other answers are correct
Downwards
___ exists when an individual or a specific company has sufficient control over a particular product or service to significantly determine the terms on which other individuals will have access to it
A monopoly
A duopoly
An oligopoly
Monopolies in markets with ___ entry don't need to be regulated is know as the "theory of monopoly revolution"
The other answers are correct
Easy
Difficult
A cartel is ___ integration of companies located in the same sector of activity
The other answers are correct
An horizontal
A vertical
Acquisition usually refers to the purchase of a ___
The other answers are correct
Big company for a smaller one
Small company for a bigger one
Traditional examples of ___ monopoly include water and electricity services
A natural
An artificial
A pure
___ is a form of market in which a market or industry is cominated by a small number of sellers
The other answers are correct
An oligopoly
A monopoly
In perfect competition, who determines the price?
The other answers are correct
Each company independently
The market
According to the Georgists, the supply curve for land is ___
Perfectly inelastic
The other answers are correct
Perfectly elastic
The marginal income of a doctor is much ___ that of a cleaning employee
Lower
Higher
The other answers are correct
The ___ market is where T-bills, commecial papers, and bank acceptances are bought and sold