The potential for a decline in product quality due to asymmetric information is commonly referred to as
A. the externality problem.
B. planned obsolescence.
C. diminishing marginal product.
D. the lemons problem.
Answer: D
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A. It made people less dependent on their cars. B. It was very bad for the construction industry. C. It left the cities with large concentrations of poor people. D. It raised the tax bases of most cities.
A perfectly elastic demand curve for a firm
A. is represented by a vertical line. B. means that with every unit price increase there will be a unit decrease in demand. C. is formulated by P× Q = a constant, for all prices and quantities. D. indicates that any increase in price will eliminate all purchases of its product.
History tells us that "fine tuning" of the tax code is likely to be in the public interest
a. True b. False
Music compact discs are normal goods. What will happen to the equilibrium price and quantity of music compact discs if musicians accept lower royalties, compact disc players become cheaper, more firms start producing music compact discs, and music lovers experience an increase in income?
a. Price will fall, and the effect on quantity is ambiguous. b. Price will rise, and the effect on quantity is ambiguous. c. Quantity will fall, and the effect on price is ambiguous. d. Quantity will rise, and the effect on price is ambiguous.