The Term "Market Failure

question 18

Multiple Choice

The term "market failure"

• A)means the same thing as "market power."
• B)refers to the dissolution of a market when firms decide to quit producing a certain product.
• C)refers to the failure of a market to produce an efficient allocation of resources.
• D)refers to government's failure to enforce the property rights of households or firms that participate in a certain market.

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Definitions:

Stress

The term used to describe the physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to events that are appraised as threatening or challenging.

Stereotype Threat

Condition in which being made aware of a negative performance stereotype interferes with the performance of someone that considers himself or herself part of that group.

Self-fulfilling Prophecy

A belief or expectation that an individual holds, consciously or unconsciously, that manifests because the individual believes it to be true.

Social Comparison

The process of evaluating one's own abilities, achievements, and situation by comparing oneself to others.