Price discrimination is a rational strategy for a profit-maximizing monopolist when there is no opportunity for arbitrage across market segments.
<u>Option: C</u>
<u>Explanation:</u>
Price disparity is a pricing strategy in which businesses charge different rates to each consumer for the same goods or services depending on how much the consumer is actually willing to pay. The consumer usually doesn't know that such actions are taking place. Thus this help monopolies to earn more profit which is drived during market arbitrage, which is basically to reap the benefits of a price gap as it is a simultaneous bartering of the same commodity in various markets. It comes about because of asymmetric knowledge among sellers and buyers.
Answer: Liquidity in the banking system is increased
Explanation:
The Federal Funds rate is the interest rate at which commercial banks are allowed to lend each other their excess reserves overnight to meet reserve requirements.
If this rate were to be reduced, it would make lending cheaper between banks who would then take advantage of this to borrow more occasionally. This will then translate to a higher liquidity amongst the banks.
Answer: Option (C) is correct.
Explanation:
A country has a comparative advantage in producing a commodity if the opportunity cost of producing that good is lesser in that country as compared to the other country.
From the information given in the question, it is clear that Alphaland has a comparative advantage in axes and Betaville has a comparative advantage in batons.
Hence, Alphaland will trade axes for batons only if the price of batons is lower than the cost of producing it in Alphaland. So that there is a possibility mutually beneficial trade.
Answer:
It’s when you convince people to buy a product, or service. Marketing is used in this.
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