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Contestable Markets and Misc

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In a contestable market

a)

there must be lots of firms

b)

there must be a few firms or more

c)

there can be any number of firms

2.

Gym membership at Jim's Gym are priced as following

Adult: £18

65 & Over: £13

18 – 24: £10

What type of price discrimination does this gym use?

a)

first

b)

third

c)

second

d)

fourth

3.

Choose the correct answers (there are three)

a)

The free market equilibrium exceeds the social optimum quantity.

b)

The free market equilibrium is below the social optimum quantity.

c)

There is a welfare loss equal to MTZ.

d)

There is a welfare loss equal to TZG.

e)

An increase in quantity from the free market equilibrium will lead to a net welfare gain.

4.

There is a condition for hit-and-run competition to be able to take place choose the answer you think makes the most sense:

a)

Supernormal profits earned must be greater than entry and exit costs.

b)

Supernormal profits must equal entry and exit costs.

c)

Supernormal profits earned must be smaller than entry and exit costs.

d)

Profits should not exceed the normal profit making level.

5.

Which of the following forms of government intervention could help to solve the free rider problem?

a)

Provision of public goods

b)

Taxation on the consumption of public goods

c)

Banning the consumption of luxury goods

d)

Granting of subsidies to goods which yield high external costs

6.

In a contestable market:

a)

supernormal profits can be earned in the long run but not the short run.

b)

supernormal profits can be earned in the short run but not the long run.

c)

only supernormal profits can be earned in the short run and the long run.

d)

only normal profits can be earned in the short run and the long run.

7.

Which of the following forms of government intervention could correct market failure?

a)

Indirect taxes removed from merit goods.

b)

Taxation of goods which yield high external benefits

c)

Banning the consumption of luxury goods

d)

Granting of subsidies to goods which yield high external benefits.

8.

A firm is selling 500 units of a good at a price of £20. Having increased the price to £25, the quantity demanded falls to 425 units. Calculate the price elasticity of demand.

a)

-0.4

b)

-1.4

c)

-0.6

d)

-1.6

9.

What is the dominant strategy for Yellow?

a)

Producing a low level of output

b)

Producing a high level of output

c)

There isn't one.

10.

Limit pricing is (two correct answers):

a)

Setting prices below cost to drive out competition

b)

Setting prices below profit maximising levels to deter new entrants

c)

Setting prices above a limit.

d)

A pricing strategy used by firms in competitive oligopoly markets.

e)

A pricing strategy used by firms in non-competitive oligopoly markets.

11.

Choose the correct answer.

a)

An increase in consumer income will lead to a more than proportionate increase in demand for fruit drinks.

b)

A decrease in consumer income will cause a fall in the demand for all of the drinks.

c)

An increase in consumer income will lead to a decrease in demand for fizzy drinks.

d)

A decrease in consumer income will lead to a less than proportionate decrease in demand for bottled water.

12.

What type of tax is this? (two correct answers)

a)

Specific

b)

Indirect

c)

Direct

d)

Ad Valorem