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Pub Policy towards Business
exam 2
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Business
Undergraduate 3
03/05/2018

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cars
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which of the following is an oligopolistic market?
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merger
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a process in which two or more firms combine their operation
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sherman act
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the antitrust law that made "every contract combination or conspiracy, in restraint of trade" illegal
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sherman act
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the first federal antitrust law
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beats all others, regardless of the opponents choice
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a dominant strategy is one that
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prevent certain business practices
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which is a us antitrust policy goal
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Federal Trade Commission Act
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antitrust law which established the FTC and was aimed at preventing unfair competitive practices, including those not yet dreamed up by creative entrepreneuers
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regulatory lag
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the lengthy delays for hearings and appeals over proposed rate increases by a natural monopoly
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a few firms
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oligopoly is the only market structure in which one finds
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each player believes it is doing the best it can given the behavior of its rivals
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nash equilibrium occurs when
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clayton act
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antitrust laws that made unjust price discrimination and tying contracts illegal
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cheating on an agreement
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in the prisoners dilemma, the highest return can be achieved by
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cartel
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a collusive organization
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may or may not have a dominant strategy
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if player 1 has a dominant strategy, then player 2
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ignore all price changes of rivals
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the kinked demand model assumes firms will
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Edison
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AC was developed by
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plays the best strategy given the other's strategy
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nash equilibrium in a duopoly is the situation where each player
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firms recognize that because there are only a few firms, mutual interdependence is important
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game theory is useful for understanding oligopoly behavior because
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because competition allocates resources more efficiently than monopoly does
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many economists believe that competition is preferable to monopoly
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are a few firms producing differentiated or undifferentiated products
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in the model of oligopoly, there
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in oligopoly markets
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cartels only exist
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sherman antitrust act
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in the US most cartels were declared illegal by the
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JP Morgan
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the financial monopolist in the film shown in class was
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The Men Who Built America
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the film shown in class was called
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General Electric
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Edison Electric Company was changed to
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cartels
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oligopoly is a market structure that may have
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higher prices and lower competition
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if two high end airplane producers were to collude rather than compete, consumers would expect
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oligopolistic
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the game theory strategy is most appropriate when a market is
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a decision-making entity at a firm involved in a strategic game
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a player in a game theoretic model is
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purchased Edison Electric
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in the film shown, JP Morgan
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4
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in a two player game in which each player has two options, how many outcomes can there be?
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pinkertons
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in the film shown in class, Carnegie Steel broke up the strike by hiring
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market power
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the ability to effect the price of a product is called
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climate change
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which of the following was not a major industry in the 1800s
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social regulation
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govt control related to health and safety is called
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Carnegie
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in the film shown in class, the steel monopolist was
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John Nash
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present game theory was developed by
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