An Increase in the Number of Producers of a Good

question 147

Multiple Choice

An increase in the number of producers of a good will

• A)increase the market supply because the price will rise
• B)increase the market supply only if market demand increases too
• C)increase the market supply because market supply is the sum of all individual supply curves
• D)increase the market supply only if all suppliers have an identical supply curves
• E)decrease the market supply because firms compete with each other and each firm will supply more

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Definitions:

Transitive Preferences

A condition in decision-making where if an individual prefers option A over option B and prefers option B over option C, then the individual also prefers option A over option C.

Median voter theorem

A theory suggesting that the outcome of a majority rule voting system will represent the preferences of the median voter.

Majority rule

A decision-making process where the option that receives more than half of the votes wins.

Arrow's Impossibility Theorem

A theory stating that no rank-order voting system can meet a set of reasonable fairness criteria simultaneously.