The farther the Lorenz curve for income is from the line of equality, the more ________ is distributed
A) equally wealth
B) unequally income
C) unequally wealth
D) equally income
B
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Miniville is an isolated town located on the southern shore of Lake Condescending, a very large lake. The western edge of Miniville is adjacent to impassable mountains and there are no towns or businesses for many miles to the east. The 300 residents of Miniville are evenly distributed along 3 miles of shoreline on the lake, east of the mountains. Lake Shore Drive, the only street in town, provides access to Miniville's homes and businesses. All residents live between the lake and the street; businesses locate on the other side of the street. Lake Shore Drive is 3 miles long, and the points labeled A, B, and C are 1, 2, and 3 miles from the western end of Lake Shore Drive, respectively. All residents of Miniville shop at the store located closest to their homes. src="https://sciemce.com/media/4/ppg__rrr0818190951__f1q362g1.jpg" alt="" style="vertical-align: 0.0px;" height="117" width="538" />If one store is located at A and the other store is located at C:
A. 100 people will certainly shop at each store, but where the other 100 will shop is indeterminant.
B. 100 people will shop at the store at A, and 200 people will shop at the store at C.
C. 200 people will shop at the store at A, and 100 people will shop at the store at C.
D. 150 people will shop at each store.
Use the following graph for a competitive market to answer the question below.
Assume the government imposes a $3 tax on buyers, which results in a shift of the demand curve from D1 to D2. The government's tax revenue is
A. $900. B. $2,100. C. $2,400. D. $600.
Suppose there are only two goods in the world, corn and shirts. If it is true that with its vast resources the United States could produce both more corn and more shirts than Mexico,
a. Mexico will never have a comparative advantage and, thus, can never gain from trading with the United States. b. trade between the United States and Mexico will make the United States better off but will leave Mexico worse off unless the wage of workers in Mexico rises to equal that of American workers. c. total production of corn and shirts cannot be increased through specialization and trade. d. both countries will be able to gain from specialization and trade as long as relative costs of producing the two goods are different in Mexico than in the United States.
The Lorenz curve
A. shows what portion of the population are living in poverty and what portion are living in wealth. B. breaks down the income levels of each group in the economy. C. shows what portion of total money income is accounted for by different proportions of the nation's households. D. shows what portion of the population is working as professionals, white- and blue-collar, workers and workers at menial tasks.