When you have a monopoly you have a product or service on the market with no competition. On the flip side, in a pure or perfect competition there are various competitors selling the same product or service as you. The main difference between these two are that a monopoly involves no competition at all while a pure competition involves a high level of competition. (the first choice)
The second choice is incorrect because it is harder to establish a product in a pure competition market because you are competing with other companies.
The third choice is incorrect because a monopoly refers to a company with a product or service and no competition whereas a pure competition refers to one with the same products or services.
The forth choice is incorrect because they can be present in various economy structures.
Answer:
a) If bribes cost $1,000 each, how much will a housing inspector make each year in bribes?
So, if the corrupt inspector approves two newly built structures each week, ti means that he is bribed twice per week. There are 52 weeks in a year, so he gets a total of 104 bribes (52 x 2). If each bribe costs $1,000, then he makes a total of: $1,000 x 104 = $104,000 in bribes per year.
c) Corrupt officials may have an incentive to reduce the provision of government services to help line their own pockets.
This statement is true. Corrupt officials will want to have private companies they can obtain bribes from provide government services. It increases the probability of them making money from bribes.
d) What if reducing the number of inspectors from 20 to 10 only increased the equilibrium bribe from $1,000 to $1,500?
Reducing the number of inspectors in hafl means that each inspector now gets twice the bribes. Because the equilibrium price did not double as did the quantity of bribes, each inspector will make less money than expected, but they will still the incentive to collect all the four bribes per week.
Answer:
Results are below.
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Production= 800 boxes
Each box of tile requires 0.50 hours of direct labor.
Employees of the company are paid $17 per hour.
<u>First, we need to determine the number of hours required:</u>
Number of hours= 800*0.5= 400 hours
<u>Now, the total direct labor cost:</u>
Direct labor cost= 400*17= $6,800
Answer:
The answer is option (C). The firm's required rate of return=11.95%
Explanation:
The required rate of return can be expressed using the formula below;
RRR=RFR+B(MRR)
where;
RRR=required rate of return
RFR=risk free return
B=beta
MRR=market rate of return
In our case;
RRR=unknown
RFR=4.25%
B=1.4
MRR=5.5%
This can be written as;
Required rate of return=risk free return+(beta×market rate of return)
replacing;
RRR=4.25%+(1.4×5.5)
RRR=(4.25%+7.7)=11.95%
The firm's required rate of return=11.95%
Answer:
A claim against a customer is known as an account receivable.
