Answer:
<u>An 'increase in supply' means the supply curve has shifted to the right while an 'increase in quantity supplied' refers to a movement along a given supply curve in response to an increase in price.</u>
Explanation:
Answer: A. $250 million
Explanation:
The firm is a Monopoly and is lobbying Congress to remain that way. As a monopoly it makes $10 million a year and wants to remain a monopoly for the next 25 years.
Assuming there is no discount rate which means that the value of money stays the same over the 25 years, if they succeed in Congress, they have a chance to make a total profit of,
= 10 million * 25 years
= $250 million
If the maximum amount the firm can make if the lobbying is successful is $250 million, this is the maximum they will pay to lobby for a deterrence to entry. If they pay any amount more than $250 million, they will be making a loss and therefore it would make no sense to spend that amount of the lobbying.
Answer: Substitute
Explanation:
Substitute goods are the goods that can be used for the same purpose. Complement are the goods that are used together e.g. car and petrol.
It should be noted that when the price of a good increase, people move to the substitute and this will being about the rise in the quantity demanded of the other good.
Therefore, as the price of good X rises from $10 to $12, the quantity demanded of good Y rises from 100 units to 114 units shows that the are substitutes.
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