Microeconomics

Demand is price-elastic at the top portion of a straight-line downward-sloping demand curve. a. ...

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If Adam's Rib Joint took in 35,000 in revenue last week and had out-of-pocket expenses of 31,500: ...

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The quantity of labor supplied by a particular wage earner will always increase as long as the wage ...

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By measuring the price elasticity of demand in terms of percentage changes, economists are able to ...

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An economist's measurement of profit differs from an accountant's in that: a. accountants calculate ...

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Since we all like to get richer, so when wage rate increases we always like to work longer hours to ...

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If the price of chocolate increases by 15 percent and the quantity demanded of chocolate declines by ...

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Accountants do not calculate __________ differently than do economists. a. Total revenue. b. Total ...

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The labor-market-supply curve illustrates that, as the wage rate increases, the number of hours that ...

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The demand for mansions is elastic because a small percentage change in price results in a large ...

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Economic profits are equal to accounting profits: a. In all cases b. In no cases c. When implicit ...

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Wage differentials exist because not all workers and all jobs are alike. a. True b. False ...

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The price elasticity of demand depends on how readily and easily consumers can switch their ...

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Economists normally assume that the goal of a firm is to: a. sell as many units of output as ...

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A compensating wage differential is a wage difference attributable to the difference in the marginal ...

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The cross-price elasticity between movie tickets and video rentals is positive. a. True b. False ...

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An example of an explicit cost of production is: a. the cost of foregone labor earnings for an ...

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The greater the opportunity cost of any particular occupation, the smaller the number of people who ...

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The cross-price elasticity between baseballs and tennis balls is likely to be a large positive ...

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An example of an implicit cost of production is: a. the cost of leather used in manufacturing ...

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Getting the work done by some other firm at lower costs, when the firm is situated in some other ...

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If butter has an income elasticity equal to 0.75, then butter is an inferior good. a. True b. ...

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If opportunity costs are ignored: a. all firms will show accounting profits. b. all firms will ...

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All taxes distort market decisions, affecting the buying and selling of goods and services. a. True ...

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Jen considers smoking an inferior good. In other words, for Jen to quit smoking, she would require a ...

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