Refer to Scenario 7

question 122

Multiple Choice

Refer to Scenario 7.4 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
SCENARIO 7.4: You own and are the only employee of a company that sells custom embroidered pet sweaters.
Last year your total revenue was $120,000. Your costs for equipment, rent, and supplies were $30,000.
To start this business you invested an amount of your own capital that could pay you a $50,000 a year return.
-Refer to Scenario 7.4. A yearly normal return for your company would be

• A) $40,000.
• B) $50,000.
• C) $70,000.
• D) $90,000.

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Definitions:

Equilibrium Price

The market price at which the quantity of goods supplied is equal to the quantity of goods demanded.

Reaction Curve

A graph that shows how one player's optimal strategy choice depends on the strategy choice of another player.

Bertrand Model

An economic model of competition among firms in which they simultaneously choose prices rather than quantities, with the assumption that consumers choose the firm with the lowest price.

Collusion

An agreement among firms to limit competition, set prices, or control production in order to increase profits.