Price cap regulation
A) does not provide incentives to firms to minimize their costs because firms cannot change prices.
B) sets the maximum price these firms can charge.
C) gives firms the incentive to exaggerate their costs.
D) Both answers A and C are correct.
E) Both answers A and B are correct.
B
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Farmer Ken in Kentucky can raise either 80 pounds of tobacco or 40 bushels of cotton on an acre. Farmer Calvin in California can raise either 150 pounds of tobacco or 50 bushels of cotton on an acre. Which farmer can produce tobacco more efficiently?
a. Farmer Ken in Kentucky. b. Farmer Calvin in California. c. The two farmers are equally efficient at growing wheat. d. More information is needed to determine comparative advantage.
When an economy is operating on its production possibilities curve, more production of one good means less production of another because:
a. resources are limited. b. resources are not perfectly adaptable to alternative uses. c. wants are limited. d. wants are unlimited. e. some resources are not employed.
The labor supply curve facing a monopsonist is
a. downward sloping b. upward sloping c. a horizontal line d. backward bending e. a vertical line
Which of the following is true?
a. Human choice is generally not influenced by changes in incentives. b. What is true for the individual must be true for the group as a whole. c. Using scarce resources to meet one need reduces our ability to meet needs in other areas. d. The economic way of thinking stresses that good intentions usually lead to sound economic policy.