An extreme case of oligopoly in which firms collude to raise joint profits is known as a. duopoly. cartel. dominant producer. price war.

In which of the following games is it clearly the case that the cooperative outcome of the game is good for the two players and bad for society? a. two oil companies own adjacent oil fields over a common pool of oil, and each company decides whether to drill one well or two wells.b. two airlines dominate air travel between city a and city b, and each airline decides whether to charge a "high" airfare or a "low" airfare on flights between those two cities.c. two superpowers decide whether to build new weapons or to disarm.d. in all of the above cases, the cooperative outcome of the game is good for the two players and bad for society

Which of the following is the best example of substitution? a. movie producers begin making more comedies because they cost less to make than action films. b. people walk out before the end of a movie because the acting and the plot are terrible. c. people at the movie theater switch from popcorn to candy because popcorn has gotten too expensive. d. more people begin going to matinee movies instead of night movies to save money on the tickets.

Match each definition in column 1 with a vocabulary word from column 2." some of the entries in column 2 do not apply costs which do not change with the level of output costs which change with the level of output the change in total costs resulting from an increase in output by one unit function showing the quantities of a particular good demanded at a range of price when the quantity supplied of a good is greater than the quantity demanded when the quantity demanded for a particular good is greater than the quantity supplied the price and quantity determined in a market when the supply equals the demand when revenue exceeds costs when costs exceeds revenue output where revenue = costs