An argument for making regulated monopolies adopt competitive prices is that this would ________.
A. make the marginal cost equal to society's valuation of the marginal benefit
B. increase productive efficiency by making price equal average total cost
C. benefit higher income groups by making monopoly products more affordable
D. increase managerial incentives to reduce employment and production
Answer: A
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Other things equal, an increase in the price of substitute resource would cause a
A. move from a to b on D1. B. shift from D2 to D3 assuming the substitution effect exceeds the output effect. C. move from b to a on D1. D. shift from D3 to D2 assuming the substitution effect exceeds the output effect.
Suppose that a firm in an industry subject to diminishing returns to scale is initially in long run equilibrium. Which of the following will not be part of the industry adjustment process to a permanent increase in demand? a. Some firms will temporarily make economic profits
b. Some new firms will enter. c. The long run equilibrium price will be higher than the initial equilibrium price. d. All of the above will be consequences.
In 1963, government economists assumed that the MPC for the United States was approximately 0.90 . If taxes were cut by $9 billion, then consumer expenditures would initially be expected to
a. decrease by $9.0 billion. b. increase by $9.0 billion. c. decrease by $8.1 billion. d. increase by $8.1 billion.
A temporary decrease in the price of oil would be considered a:
A. long-run supply shock. B. demand shock. C. short-run supply shock. D. The changing price of oil would not affect any of these.