If Security Prices Fully Reflect All Market-Related Information (Such as Historical

question 39

Multiple Choice

If security prices fully reflect all market-related information (such as historical price patterns) but do not fully reflect all other public information, security markets are

• A)weak-form efficient.
• B)semistrong-form efficient.
• C)strong-form efficient.
• D)semistrong-form efficient AND strong-form efficient.
• E)None of these are correct.

Understand why and how cartels and oligopolies form and their impact on market structures.

Identify the conditions under which collusion among firms in an oligopoly is more likely to occur.

Describe the characteristics and consequences of the kinked demand curve in oligopolistic markets.

Recognize the factors that make maintaining a cartel difficult and the incentives for firms to cheat within a cartel.

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