Author Question: Suppose that the wage for drive-thru clerks is 7 an hour at Burger King and 6.50 at McDonald's. The ... (Read 40 times)

Diane · **on:** Jun 30, 2018

Suppose that the wage for drive-thru clerks is 7 an hour at Burger King and 6.50 at McDonald's. The jobs are alike in all other respects. We would expect
a. an increase in the supply of and demand for drive-thru clerks at Burger King
b. an increase in the supply and a decrease in the demand for drive-thru clerks at Burger King
c. a decrease in the supply of drive-thru clerks at Burger King but no change in demand
d. an increase in the supply of drive-thru clerks at Burger King but no change in demand
e. a decrease in the supply of and demand for drive-thru clerks at Burger King

Question 2

A tannery discovers a technology that makes it cheaper to reduce the air pollution it generates in making paper. On a graph of the optimal level of air quality, the use of the new technology would be represented by
a. a leftward shift of the marginal social cost curve
b. a rightward shift of the marginal social cost curve
c. movement to the right along the marginal social cost curve
d. movement to the left along the marginal social cost curve
e. a downward shift of the marginal net benefit curve