A chemical factory releases its byproducts in a nearby river, which harms aquatic flora and fauna. This is an example of a ________
A) free-rider problem
B) negative externality
C) pecuniary externality
D) positive externality
B
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The gross domestic product is the
A) the value of all wealth in an economy. B) the value of all goods and services sold to other nations in a year. C) the market value of all final goods and services produced in an economy in a year. D) the market value of all intermediate goods and services produced in an economy in a year.
In the United States, major league baseball is exempt from antitrust laws. Before 1975, the baseball team owners agreed to hold an annual draft of amateur baseball players
Once the players were drafted and signed by a team, they were effectively tied to that team for life. This allowed baseball owners to operate like ________ in the market for player services. A) perfect competitors B) monopolistic competitors C) a monopsonistic cartel D) a monopoly
Consider a PPC with automobiles on the vertical axis and cotton on the horizontal axis. The discovery of a new fertilizer that improves crop yield will shift:
a. the vertical intercept up but will not shift the horizontal intercept. b. the horizontal intercept to the right but will not shift the vertical intercept. c. the horizontal intercept to the left and the vertical intercept upward. d. the vertical intercept downward and the horizontal intercept to the right. e. neither the horizontal intercept nor the vertical intercept.
In a competitive market, each firm earns ________ economic profits, whereas firms in a successful cartel will earn ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).