How is economic profit calculated?
What will be an ideal response?
Economic profits equal total revenues minus explicit and implicit costs.
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Tax revenues are transferred from
A) state governments to the federal government. B) local governments to state and federal governments. C) one state government to other state governments. D) the federal government to state and local governments. E) the state and local governments to the federal government.
Price cap regulation is regulation that
A) is a marginal cost pricing rule. B) is an average cost pricing rule. C) imposes a price ceiling on the regulated firm. D) has the same incentive effects as does rate of return regulation. E) is the same as allowing the firm to operate as if it was totally unregulated.
The imposition of a tariff will typically ________ government revenue and ________ domestic production of the good
A) increase; increase B) increase; decrease C) decrease; increase D) decrease; decrease E) increase; not change
Richard receives government transfer payments and currently consumes 5 guns and 6 goose livers. Assume the price of guns decreases by 10% and the price of goose liver increases by 20%
The government raises Richard's transfer payments so he can still afford 5 guns and 6 goose livers. Does this constitute a true cost-of-living adjustment (COLA)? A) No. Richard is overcompensated. B) No. Richard is undercompensated. C) Yes. The payment just achieves the right level of compensation. D) Not enough information.