If the equilibrium price of corn is 20 cents an ear and the government imposes a floor of 30 cents an ear, the price of corn will ______________________.
A. increase to 30 cents
B. remain at 20 cents
C. rise to about 25 cents
D. be impossible to determine
A. increase to 30 cents
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If a college education did not increase worker productivity,
a. no one would go to college. b. the earnings of workers with a college education would tend to be the same as for workers without a college degree. c. the earnings of workers with a college education would still be higher than for those without a college degree. d. the earnings of workers with a college education would be lower than for those without a college degree.
Which of the following describes how a negative externality affects a competitive market?
A) The externality causes a difference between the private cost of production and the social cost. B) The externality causes a difference between the private cost of production and the private benefit from consumption. C) The externality causes consumer surplus to exceed producer surplus. D) The externality causes a difference between the private cost of production and the equilibrium price.
Refer to the information provided in Figure 2.5 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
Figure 2.5Refer to Figure 2.5. The marginal rate of transformation in moving from Point A to Point B is
A. -2/3. B. -1.5. C. -3. D. -30.
In 1984, the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed, raising the legal age to consume alcoholic beverages in the United States to 21. In much of Europe, the legal age to consume alcohol is 18. If the legal drinking age in the United States was
changed back to 18, how would this affect the market for alcoholic beverages? What would happen to the equilibrium price and quantity of alcoholic beverages? What will be an ideal response?