Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Economics Test Friday





1.     Monopoly:
a.      Is when a company controls all aspects (parts) of an industry
b.     It has the fewest suppliers

2.     Natural Monopoly: When one company controls all of the raw materials needed to make a product

3.     Perfect Competition:
a.      When you have unlimited buyers and unlimited producers
b.     Has the most producers
c.      It has a market that is the easiest to enter

4.     OPEC- Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
a.      Is a CARTEL based in the Middle East
b.     It’s 5 original members are: Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Venezuela

5.     Oligopoly:
a.      When 3 or 4 of the largest sellers dominate (control) most of the market
b.     Only a few sellers
c.      Sellers cannot enter the market easily
d.     Sellers offer identical or similar products

6.     Collusion: when sellers secretly agree to set production levels or prices

7.     Cartel: When multiple corporations join together to (control) dominate an industry

8.     Price War: Sellers aggressively undercut each other’s prices in an attempt to gain market share.

9.     Consumers: Are buyers

10.  Producers: Are sellers

11.  SEC- investigates insider stock trading / illegal stock trades

12.  OSHA:
a.      Monitors safety in the work place (work place safety)
b.     Would be concerned if your job had exposed (shown) wiring that could electrocute you

13.  EEOC:
a.      Investigates discrimination in the work place in hiring practices
b.     Would watch for discrimination: such as companies only hiring men

14.  FDA:
a.      Approves a new medicine (legal drugs) before the public can buy it and use it
b.     Ensures that cosmetics are safe for the public to use

15.  FCC:
a.      Monitors television broadcasts and radio
b.     They are concerned about keeping radio broad casts from being too vulgar
c.      They also don’t want bad language and nudity on television

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