Assume that a 3% increase in income across the economy produces a 1% decrease in the quantity of fast food demanded. The income elasticity of demand for fast food is ________, and therefore fast food is ________
A. positive; an inferior good.
B. negative; a normal good.
C. positive; a normal good.
D. negative; an inferior good.
Answer: D
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A) results in a trust (for example, the Standard Oil Company). B) is a merger between firms in the same industry. C) is a merger between firms at different stages of production of a good. D) was illegal in the United States until the Federal Trade Commission Act was passed by Congress in 1914.
Diminishing marginal returns explains why a firm’s long-run average total cost curve is U shaped.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
An industry analyst observes that in response to a small increase in price, a competitive firm's output sometimes rises a little and sometimes a lot. The best explanation for this finding is that
A) the firm's marginal cost curve is random. B) the firm's marginal cost curve has a very small positive slope. C) the firm's marginal cost has a very large positive slope. D) the firm's marginal cost curve is horizontal for some ranges of output and rises in steps. E) the firm's marginal cost curve is downward sloping.
Externalities are social costs that affect parties external to a particular economic transaction
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false