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5

The difference between market price and price a producer will sell at is called?

Producer Surplus

5

During the fall of 1993, prices were increasing by 1% an hour in Bosnia. This is an example of

hyperinflation

5

Which element of the marketing mix is considered to be more transparent as a result of internet availability?

Price

5

What financial statement summarizes or provides a snapshot of a firm's financial position at a given point in time?

Balance Sheet

5

Who wrote "An Inquiry into Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations"?

Adam Smith

10

Market power refers to the ability of firms to raise its price above _________ cost without fear of other firms entering the market.

Marginal


10

A price ceiling creates a 

shortage

10

Which promotional method is the most suitable if a complex technical argument is required?

Personal Selling

10

The statement of financial position is also called the?

Balance Sheet


10

There is a basketball court in the Supreme Court. What is its nickname?

The Highest Court in the Land

15

In game theory, the outcome or consequence of a strategy is referred to as the what?

Payoff

15

When your income falls and you starting consuming less milk, then milk would be considered a _______ good.

normal

15

Segmentation pricing is where varying prices are set for different groups of customers. What do economists call this approach?

Price discrimination

15

The principal amount of a bond is called?

Par value

15

What is the longest-running game show in US TV history?

The Price is Right

20

If demand for a good is perfectly elastic and a tax is imposed who pays 100% of the tax?

Producers

20
Money kept in a savings account is serving which function of money?

Store of value

20

Setting a high price when a product is first introduced and then gradually lowering its price over time is referred to as price ______________.

skimming

20

A person willing to for-go $100 today in order to receive $100 next year is said to have a ________ time preference.

advanced

neutral

delayed

neutral

20

The underside of a horse's hoof is called the?

Frog

25

A Bertrand oligopoly will result in ____________ as a market that is in perfect competition.

Lower price

Same Price 

Higher Price

Same

25

If there are 12,000 people employed, 3,000 unemployed, and 5,000 not in the labor force, what is the labor force participation rate?

75%

25

What is the concept that states new retailers begin as low price and low margin retailers and then convert into high price retailers they replace?

Wheel of Rationing

25

Which of the following is not a financial intermediary:

credit union

insurance company

mutual fund

investment banker


investment banker

25

What year were the first Nobel Prizes awarded?

1878

1894

1901

1909

1901

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