Question 1
The term "economic rent" refers to
◦ the opportunity cost of land.
◦ transfer earnings plus opportunity cost.
◦ a payment for use of land.
◦ factor payments in excess of transfer earnings.
◦ economic profit.
Question 2
Alfred Marshall's concept of "transfer earnings" denotes
◦ the amount that a factor must earn to keep it from transferring to another use.
◦ the amount a factor earns over and above what is necessary to keep the factor from transferring to an alternative use.
◦ the value of the factor to its user.
◦ the amount the factor earns every time it transfers between locations.
◦ a return to a particular factor which must be the same for all uses of that factor.