When Toyota Experienced Declining Sales as a Result of Quality

question 222

Multiple Choice

When Toyota experienced declining sales as a result of quality and safety issues, it began offering buyer incentives to new-car buyers. Nearly immediately, Ford and General Motors began similar promotions. These businesses

• A) represent an oligopoly in which there are few sellers, and each seller has considerable control over price.
• B) represent a monopoly in which only one firm supplies a product or products.
• C) are engaging in monopolistic competition in which there are many buyers as well as a relatively large number of sellers that differentiate their products from those of competitors.
• D) are engaging in pure competition, in which no single seller is powerful enough to affect prices.
• E) are engaging in monopolistic competition, in which the products are very similar.

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