What effect might the government have on oligopolies? in oligopolies, the government might a. impose barriers to entry with a free-trade agreement with another country to promote competition. b. impose barriers to entry with occupational licensing comma where a license is required to provide a good or serviceoccupational licensing, where a license is required to provide a good or service. c. promote competition by allowing large firms to lobby state legislators and members of congress for favorable laws. d. impose barriers to entry with a copyright, which allows only the government to supply a good or service. e. promote competition with a patent comma which grants exclusive rights to product a gooda patent, which grants exclusive rights to product a good?

Which p shifts to consumer in the four cs of the alternate marketing mix? a) promotion b) product c) place d) price

Mr. smith recently faced a choice between being (a) an economics profes-sor, which pays $60,000/yr, or (b) a safari leader, which pays $50,000/yr. after careful deliberation, smith took the safari job, but it was a close call. "for a dollar more," he said, "i'd have gone the other way."now smith's brother-in-law approaches him with a business proposition. the terms are as follows: - smith must resign his safari job to work full-time in his brother-in-law's business.- smith must give his brother-in-law an interest-free loan of $100,000, which will be repaid in full if and when smith leaves the business. (smith currently has much more than $100,000 in the the business will pay smith a salary of $70,000/yr. he will receive no other payment from the business.the interest rate is 10 percent per year. apart from salary considerations, smith feels that working in the business would be just as enjoyable as being an economics professor. for simplicity, assume there is no uncertainty regarding either smith's salary in the proposed business or the security of his monetary investment in it. should smith join his brother-in-law and, if so, how small would smith's salary from the business have to be to make it not worthwhile for him to join? if not, how large would smith's salary from the business have to be to make it worthwhile for him to join?

Diamond motor car company produces some of the most luxurious and expensive cars in the world. typically, only a single dealership is authorized to sell its cars in certain major cities. in less populous areas, diamond authorizes a single dealer for an entire state or region. the manufacturer of diamond automobiles is using a(n) distribution strategy for its product.