The paradox of value refers to the fact that
A) different consumers value the same items differently.
B) the value of a good depends on its total utility.
C) water costs little, while diamonds cost a lot.
D) water brings little consumer surplus.
C
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However, when the demand for the good declined due to a recession, Firm A lowered its price to increase sales. Firm B responded by lowering its price further. This is an example of the ________ of oligopoly. A) Bertrand model B) Cournot model C) Ricardian model D) Keynesian model
The ________ the expected profit from holding a foreign currency, the greater is the ________ in the foreign exchange market
A) larger; quantity demanded of dollars B) smaller; quantity demanded of foreign currency C) larger; quantity supplied of dollars D) None of the above is correct because the expected profit has nothing to do with the supply and demand for dollars or foreign currency.
A corporate executive makes the following statement – "The company must keep hiring more workers up to the point where the marginal productivity of the last worker we hire is zero. This way we can maximize the total productivity of the firm
" Critically evaluate this statement. Also comment on whether this is the correct objective function for the firm.
For an inferior good, the income and substitution effects
A) work together. B) work against each other. C) can work together or in opposition to each other depending upon their relative magnitudes. D) always exactly cancel each other.