Answer:
The answer is: D) raise the price, reduce the quantity, increase total revenues, and increase crime.
Explanation:
According to the law of supply and demand, when the supply of any given product is artificially lowered, the supply curve will shift:
- this will cause the price of that product to increase
- the profit margin of the suppliers will increase, increasing total revenue
- since illegal drugs would increase in crime, we can expect an increase in the crime rate on drug related crimes (e.g. addicts robbing).
Answer and Explanation:
When there is price fixing between two competitors, if one competitor chooses to fix the price it should not exceed competutors marginal cost and should be above his marginal cost.
Since the price fixing of $10 will be fined then the ideal price to maximize the profit would be below the competitors price $ and above his marginal cost $.
The ideak price to maximize profits would be (competitors price $ + his marginal cost $)/2, This price would be above his marginal cost and below competitors price.
Answer:
(B) are subject to a self-employment tax of approximately 15%.
Explanation:
