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Decreaseandemploymenttodecrease.
Increaseandemploymenttoincrease.
Decreaseandemploymenttoincrease.
Increaseandemploymenttodecrease.
8). Other things held constant in a competitive labor market, if workers negotiate a
contract in which the employer agrees to pay an hourly of $17.85 while the market
equilibriumhourrateis$16.50,the:
Quantityofworkersdemandedwillexceedthequantityofworkerssupplied.
Quantityofworkerssuppliedwillexceedthequantityofworkersdemanded.
Supplyoflaborwilldecreaseuntiltheequilibriumwagerateis$17.85.
Demandforlaborwillincreaseuntiltheequilibriumwagerateis$17.85.
9).Alexisplayinghismusicatfullvolumeinhisdormroom.Theotherpeoplelivingon
his floor found this to be a nuisance, but Alex doesnt care. Alexs music playing is an
exampleof:
Paretoexternality
Positiveexternality
Negativeexternality
Normativeexternality
10).Oligopolyisprobablythebestmarketfortechnologicalchangebecause:
The typical oligopoly has the funds to carry out research and development and believe
that its competitors are innovating, which motivates it to conduct research and
development.
Thetypicaloligopolylacksthefundstocarryoutresearchanddevelopmentandtherefore
willusebasicresearchfromuniversities.
Research and development occurs only if government subsidizes such activity, and
governmenttendstosubsidizeoligopolies.
Thetypicaloligopolykeepspriceveryclosetoaveragetotalcostbecauseitfearstheentry
ofnewrivalsifitsprofitsareexcessivelyhigh.
11).Aperfectlycompetitivefirmfacingapriceof$50decidestoproduce500widgets.Its
marginalcostofproducingthelastwidgetis$50.Ifthefirmsgoalistomaximizeprofit,
itshould:
Producemorewidgets
Producefewerwidgets
Continueproducing500widgets
Shutdown
12).Graphically,achangeinpricecauses:
thedemandcurvetoshift.
bothsupplyanddemandtoshift.
amovementalongagivensupplycurve,notashift.
thesupplycurvetoshift.
13).In1997,thefederalgovernmentreinstateda10percentexcisetaxonairlinetickets.
Theindustrytriedtopassonthefull10percenttickettaxtoconsumersbutwasableto
boostfaresbyonly4percent.Fromthisyoucanconcludethatthe:
Supplyofairlineticketsisperfectlyinelastic.
Supplyelasticityofairlineticketsislessthaninfinity.
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Demandelasticityforairlineticketsisgreaterthanzeroinabsolutevalue.
Demandforairlineticketsisperfectlyinelastic.
14). In 2011, the Department of Justice sued AT&T to block its merger with the cell
phoneserviceproviderTMobile.Todefenditselfagainstthecharge,AT&Targuedthat
the:
Combined company could raise prices, allowing it to survive in a rapidly changing
market.
Governmenthadnoauthoritytoblockmergersinthetelephoneindustry.
Governmenthadguaranteeditexclusivecontrolofcellphoneservice.
Mergerwouldimproveandexpandcellularservicetoconsumers.
15).Thelawofdiminishingmarginalproductivityimpliesthatthemarginalproductofa
variableinput:
Neverdeclines
Alwaysdeclines
Isconstant
Eventuallydeclines
16). Suppose OPEC announces it will increase production. Using supply and demand
analysis to predict the effect of increased production on equilibrium price and quantity,
thefirststepistoshowthe:
supplycurveshiftingtotheright.
demandcurveshiftingtotheleft.
demandcurveshiftingtotheright.
supplycurveshiftingtotheleft.
17).ManycallcentersthatprovidetelephonecustomerservicesforU.S.companieshave
beenestablishedinIndia,butfewornonehavebeenestablishedinChina.Why?
ChinaisatamoreadvancedstageofeconomicdevelopmentthanIndia.
Chinalacksthepoliticalinfrastructuretosupportcallcenters.
IndianlaborcostsareequaltoChineselaborcosts.
Chineselaborlacksthespecificlanguageskillsneededtomakecallcentersprofitablein
China.
18).Supposepeoplefreelychoosetospend40percentoftheirincomeonhealthcare,but
thenthegovernmentdecidestotax40percentofthatpersonsincometoprovidethesame
levelofcoverageasbefore.Whatcanbesaidaboutdeadweightlossineachcase?
There is no difference because the total spending remains the same and the health care
purchasedremainsthesame.
Taxing income results in less deadweight loss because government knows better what
healthcarecoverageisgoodforsociety.
Taxing income results in deadweight loss, and purchasing health care on ones own
doesntresultindeadweightloss.
Thereisnodifferencebetweengoodsthatarepurchasedinthemarketineithercase.
19).Atonetime,sealionsweredepletingthestockofsteelheadtrout.Oneideatoscare
sea lions away from the Washington coast was to launch fake killer whales, which are
predatorsofsealions.Thecostofmakingthefirstwhaleis$16,000($5,000formaterials
and $11,000 for the mold). The mold can be reused to make additional whales, and so
additionalwhalescost$5,000each.Basedonthesenumbers,theproductionoffakekiller
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whalesexhibits:
Diminishingmarginalproduct
Decreasingreturnstoscale
Constantreturnstoscale
Increasingreturnstoscale
20).TherearemanyrestaurantsinthecityofRaleigh,eachoneofferingfoodandservices
thatdifferfromthoseofitscompetitors.Thereisalsofreeentryofsellersintothemarket,
andeachsellerservesaverysmallfractionofthetotalnumberofmealsservedeachday.
TherestaurantindustryinRaleighisbestcharacterizedas:
Perfectlycompetitive.
Monopolisticallycompetitive.
Apuremonopoly.
Anoligopoly.
21).Supposeforeignshrimppricesdropby32percentandimportersgaina90percent
marketshare.Fromthisinformation,whatwouldeconomistsstronglysuspectaboutthis
industry?
Foreignershaveacomparativeadvantageinshrimping.
The large sales of foreigners indicate they are better strategic business bargainers than
Americansare.
Americanshaveacomparativeadvantageinshrimping.
Foreignsellersprobablyarecolludingonpricetomaximizeprofits.
22).Foramonopolist,thepriceofaproduct:
Islessthanthemarginalrevenue.
Exceedsthemarginalrevenue.
Equalsthemarginalcost.
Equalsthemarginalrevenue.
23).WhenRossPerotranforpresidentasathirdpartycandidatein1992,hearguedthat
free trade with Mexico would result in massive job losses in the United States because
Mexicanwagesweresolow.Whichofthefollowingisthebestexplanationofwhyfew
economistsagreedwithPerot?
Although economics predicted that unemployment would rise, the increased profits of
corporationswouldraisestockpricesenoughtocompensateforthelostjobs.
EconomistsdidnotbelieveanyjobswouldbelostintheUnitedStates.
AlthougheconomistsbelievedthatinsomeareastheUnitedStateswouldlosejobs,they
expectedtheUnitedStateswouldgainjobsinotherareas.
EconomicsbelievedthattheU.S.unemploymentwouldrise.
24). Mr. Woodwards cabinet shop is experiencing rapid growth in sales. As sales have
increased,Mr.Woodwardhasfounditnecessarytohiremoreworkers.However,hehas
observedthatdoublingthenumberofworkershaslessthandoubledhisoutput.Whatis
thelikelyexplanation?
Thelawofdemand
Thelawofdiminishingmarginalproductivity
Thelawofsupply
Thelawofdiminishingmarginalutility
25).Priceelasticityofdemandisthe:
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Change in the quantity of a good demanded divided by the change in the price of that
good.
Percentagechangeinpriceofthatgooddividedbythepercentagechangeinthequantity
ofthatgooddemanded.
Percentagechangeinquantityofagooddemandeddividedbythepercentagechangein
thepriceofthatgood.
Change in the price of a good divided by the change in the quantity of that good
demanded.
26).Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaboutadownwardslopingdemandcurve
thatisastraightline?
Thesloperemainsthesame,butelasticityfallsasyoumovedownthedemandcurve.
Thesloperemainsthesame,butelasticityrisesasyoumovedownthedemandcurve.
Theslopeandtheelasticityfallasyoumovedownthedemandcurve.
Theslopeandelasticityarethesameatallpoints.
27).Strategicdecisionmakingismostimportantin:
Monopolisticallycompetitivemarkets.
Monopolisticmarkets.
Oligopolisticmarkets.
Competitivemarkets.
28).Cartelsareorganizationsthat:
Encouragepricewars.
Keepmarketscontestable.
Usepredatorypricingtomonopolizeindustries.
Coordinatetheoutputandpricingdecisionsofagroupoffirms.
29).Microeconomicsandmacroeconomicsare:
Interrelated because what happens in the economy as a whole is based on individual
decisions.
Interrelatedbecausebothareoftentaughtbythesameinstructors.
Notrelatedbecausetheyaretaughtseparately.
Virtuallyidentical,thoughoneismuchmoredifficultthantheother.
30).Microeconomicsisthestudyof:
afirmspricingpolicies
inflation
unemployment
businesscycles
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