Table 17-19 Consider a Small Town That Has Two Grocery Stores from Stores

question 216

Multiple Choice

Table 17-19
Consider a small town that has two grocery stores from which residents can choose to buy a gallon of milk. The store owners each must make a decision to set a high milk price or a low milk price. The payoff table, showing profit per week, is provided below. The profit in each cell is shown as (Store 1, Store 2) .

-Refer to Table 17-19.If grocery store 1 sets a low price,what price should grocery store 2 set? And what will grocery store 2's payoff equal?

• A) Low price, $500
• B) High price, $800
• C) Low price, $100
• D) High price, $650

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Definitions:

Negative Externalities

Costs experienced by someone who is not directly involved in the production or consumption of a good or service.

Positive Externalities

Benefits experienced by third parties or society at large as a result of an economic activity, without the third party incurring any cost.

Public Goods

Goods that are non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning no one can be prevented from using them and one person's use does not reduce availability to others.

Consumer Surplus

The gap between what consumers are prepared and can afford to pay for a product or service, and what they end up paying in reality.