_____ occurs when mothers are trying to re-enter the workforce after a long break for child birth
a. Frictional unemployment
b. Structural unemployment
c. Seasonal unemployment
d. Cyclical unemployment
a
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Copier Repairs When Kodak leased large photocopiers to businesses, they also bundled a maintenance contract for periodic repairs. Third-party repair firms claimed that Kodak violated antitrust laws because this bundle guaranteed Kodak a monopoly on repairs and excluded competitors' access. Why might the bundle have created value over what third-party repair shops could offer?
Demand for farm products, in general, is said to be relatively price inelastic. Therefore, U.S. farm policy, which is designed to keep farm prices above equilibrium, should
a. decrease farm incomes b. increase farm incomes c. not affect farm incomes d. reduce the number of farmers e. lower food prices for consumers
When a monopolist increases the amount of output that it produces and sells, the price of its output
a. stays the same. b. increases. c. decreases. d. may increase or decrease depending on the price elasticity of demand.
Table 30.1Number of workers (per hour)Total output (per hour)Marginal physical product (output per worker)Total revenue (dollars per hour)Marginal revenue product (dollars per hour worker)14---________---210________________________315________________________419________________________522________________________Assume that the product price is $4 per unit and that the hourly wage for workers is $12. Neither price nor wage changes with output. In Table 30.1, the marginal physical product of the third worker hired is
A. 15 units per hour. B. 3 units per hour. C. 4 units per hour. D. 5 units per hour.