Directions: Read Sources I-L and answer questions 9 to 12 in the answer sheet.  Be sure to submit it as a pdf file in the next question.  The sources and questions relate to case study 2: German and Italian expansion (1933–1940) — Causes of expansion: Appeasement. If you have accommodations to type your response, please do so here rather than submit the pdf.

Suppose the demand curve for backpacks is Q = 38 – 2P. What is the lowest price at which no consumer is willing to buy backpacks (i.e., the demand choke price)?

If a firm has market power but cannot prevent its customers from reselling the product, then the firm will

In a perfectly competitive industry, the equilibrium price is $10, and the minimum average total cost of the industry’s firms is $20. If this is a constant-cost industry, we can expect that in the long run, firms will _____ the market, shifting the industry’s short-run supply curve _____.

In the market for apartment rentals, the demand and supply equations are given by QD = 5,000 – 3P and QS = 5P + 1,000, where P is the price per apartment and Q measures the quantity of apartments. What is the equilibrium quantity?

Suppose the supply curve for backpacks is Q = 2P – 36. What is the highest price at which no producer is willing to sell backpacks (i.e., the supply choke price)?

In the market for apartment rentals, the demand and supply equations are given by QD = 9,000 – 2P and QS = 3P + 1,000, where P is the price per apartment and Q measures the quantity of apartments. What is the equilibrium quantity?

Which of the following is an example of the sunk cost fallacy?

If a firm practices first-degree price discrimination, the firm must

Government encouragement of monopoly