Use the Following to Answer the Questions

question 17

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer the questions.
A new U.S.automobile company,Specialty Motors,was established in 2004.In 2008,a recession caused disposable income to decline,and the annual amount of dollars spent by consumers for automobiles dropped drastically.Specialty Motors faced the problem of trying to determine whether the economy would turn toward prosperity or toward depression.No matter what happened,Specialty Motors was also worried about an impending global steel shortage,which would make a big difference in its future marketing plans.The economy might recover from the recession,but the automobile makers might be forced to ask consumers to curtail consumption just when the hope of a better year was finally in sight.All in all,the future looked dismal for Specialty Motors.
-Refer to Scenario 3.2.In what type of competitive structure is Specialty Motors operating?

• A) Monopoly
• B) Oligopoly
• C) Monopolistic competition
• D) Perfect competition
• E) Monopsony

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