Economics MCQs

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During periods of growing domestic demand, an import quota ?


ais less restrictive on a country’s imports than a tariff


bIs more restrictive on a country’s imports than a tariff


chas the same restrictive effect on a country’s imports as a tariff


d will always generate increased tax revenue for the government



To reduce imports, suppose that the government of Norway’s imposes a quota equal to 800 computers, Compared to what occurred under free trade, Norway’s consumers surplus will ________ and its producer surplus will _______ Can you calculate these amounts? Try plotting the information of this table on a sheet of graph paper ?


aincrease, increase


bincrease, decrease


cdecrease, increase


ddecrease, decrease


View Answer decrease, increase

In the absence of traded, Norway’s equilibrium price and quantity equal ?


a$1,500 and 2,800 computers


b$2,000 and 1,600 computers


c $2,500 and 2,000 computers


d$3,500 and 2,000 computers



Antidumping duties are used to ?


aoffset the margin of dumping


bpunish domestic consumers for buying high-priced imported goods


c discourage foreign governments from subsidizing their exporters


dreduce the tariff revenue of the domestic government



In a tariff and import quota lead to equivalent increase in the domestic price of steel, then ?


aThe quota results in efficiency reductions but the tariff does not


b The tariff results in efficiency reductions but the quota does not


cThey have identical impact on how much is produced and consumed


dThey have identical impact on how income is distributed



If a tariff and import quota lead to equivalent increases in the domestic price of steel, then ?


a the quota results in efficiency reductions but the tariff does not


bThe tariff results in efficiency reductions but the quota does not


c They have different impacts on how much is produced and consumed


d They have different impacts on how income is distributed



A model of Game theory of oligopoly is known as the ?


a Prisoner’s Dilemma


b Monopoly Cell


cJailhouses Sentences


dJury Box



Suppose that ABC publishing sells an economics textbook and accompanying study guide. Raheel is willing to pay Rs75 for the text and Rs15 for the study guide. Mariam is willing to spend Rs60 for the text and Rs25 for the study guide. Suppose both the book and study guide have a zero-marginal cost of study production. If ABC publishing charges separate price for both products its best strategy is to charge price that when combined, total ?


a Rs 85


b Rs 75


c Rs 80


dRs 60


View Answer Rs 75

Many economics argue that resale price maintenance ?


ahas a legitimate purpose of stopping discount retailers from free riding on the services provided by full services retailers?


bis price fixing and, therefore is prohibited by law


c is price fixing and therefore, is prohibited by law and enhances the market power of the producer


denhances the market power of the producer



As the number of sellers in an oligopoly increases ?


aoutput in the market tends to fall because each firm must cut back on production


bthe price in the market moves further from marginal cost


ccollusion is more likely to occur because a larger number of firms can place pressure on any firm that defects


dThe price in the market moves closer to marginal cost



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