Generating electricity creates air pollution. This industry, if left unregulated, will produce at an inefficient market equilibrium where
A) marginal private cost equals marginal social benefit.
B) marginal social cost equals marginal social benefit.
C) marginal social cost equals marginal private cost.
D) marginal social benefit is greater than marginal social cost.
A
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Figure 10-5
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Figure 10-5 shows supply and demand conditions in a perfectly competitive industry and for a firm in that industry. At point C, the firm would
A. earn zero economic profit. B. earn negative economic profit. C. have a zero opportunity cost of capital. D. have a negative opportunity cost of capital.
A model (or theory):
a. is a general statement about the causal relationship between variables based on facts. b. helps explain and predict the relationship between variables. c. when expressed as a downward (negatively) sloping graph implies an inverse relationship between the variables. d. all of these.
If there is a combination of strategies in which each player's action is the best response to the actions of other players, then there is
A) a Boyes equilibrium. B) an unstable equilibrium. C) a complementary equilibrium. D) a Nash equilibrium.
Which statement is true?
A. The marginal cost curve is used to determine if a firm is operating at peak efficiency. B. A firm will always try to maximize its total revenue. C. A firm's long-run supply curve is identical to its entire marginal cost curve. D. A firm is operating most efficiently when it is at its break-even point.