If a firm is producing the level of output at which long-run average cost equals long-run marginal cost, then
A. long-run total cost is at its minimum point.
B. long-run average cost is at its minimum point.
C. long-run marginal cost is at its minimum point.
D. both a and b
E. all of the above
Answer: B
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A) money growth rate minus the growth rate of real GDP. B) GDP growth rate. C) price level. D) inflation rate. E) unemployment rate.
If the yield curve is flat for short maturities and then slopes downward for longer maturities, the liquidity premium theory (assuming a mild preference for shorter-term bonds) indicates that the market is predicting
A) a rise in short-term interest rates in the near future and a decline further out in the future. B) constant short-term interest rates in the near future and a decline further out in the future. C) a decline in short-term interest rates in the near future and a rise further out in the future. D) a decline in short-term interest rates in the near future and an even steeper decline further out in the future.
Even though reliable data is lacking, the Beard-Hacker Thesis maintains that the Civil War (1861–1865)
(a) was more costly to the South than to the North. (b) ended Southern prosperity through the abolition of slavery. (c) increased immigration to the U.S. (d) sped up the industrialization of the U.S.
Wal-mart
(a) is the railroad of the late nineteenth century. (b) provides an example of how one large business enterprise still can seize market power to restrict entry and exit. (c) holds monopoly power in retail. (d) exists at the expense of consumers.