When considering setting the transfer price at the market price of a product similar to the intermediate good that is already available on the market
a. It is appropriate to ignore that the market price includes a margin above marginal cost
b. It is OK if the product on the market includes costly features your downstream division does not use
c. It is OK if the product on the market is inexpensive because its quality is lower than you use
d. If it is similar enough, it calls into question whether there are gains from producing it in-house
d
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An open market ________ by the Fed increases interest rates and ________ output
A) purchase; increases B) sale; decreases C) purchase; decreases D) sale; increases
Some time ago the government of China required many highly skilled technicians and scientists to engage in unskilled agricultural labor in order to develop "proper social attitudes." This policy probably caused China to produce
A) at an inappropriate point along its production possibilities frontier. B) outside its production possibilities frontier with respect to food, but inside with respect to high-technology goods. C) inside its production possibilities frontier with respect to food, but outside with respect to high-technology goods. D) inside its production possibilities frontier.
According to the monetarist view, the aggregate supply curve is:
A. Horizontal until full employment is reached and then it becomes vertical. B. Horizontal at all levels of output. C. Vertical at the natural rate of unemployment. D. First horizontal, then upward sloping, and finally vertical.
Exhibit 8-4 Demand and cost curves for a monopolist
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As shown in Exhibit 8-4, in order to maximize its profit (or minimize its loss), how much output should the monopoly produce?
A. 2 units per hour. B. 4 units per hour. C. 6 units per hour. D. 8 units per hour.