Extraction of petroleum in the current period will shift the supply curve of petroleum outward in the future resulting in a fall in price of petroleum
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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In economic theory, transaction costs refer to
A) fees charged by brokers, traders, or other agents rather than by principals. B) costs attributable to the operations of middlemen. C) costs of arranging and carrying out voluntary exchanges. D) costs of obtaining customers or of marketing a product. E) costs not borne by the persons creating them.
The original comparative advantage model that used the relative abundance of factors of production to explain comparative advantage assumed that countries:
a. employed all four factors of production; land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship. b. employed only two factors of production; labor and capital. c. employed only two factors of production; land and entrepreneurial ability. d. worked with a fixed capital stock. e. were free to vary their employment of only one factor of production; labor.
If there is a technology improvement in a unionized labor market, this will
a. decrease the demand for labor, and the union will accept lower wages or fewer workers hired b. increase the demand for labor, and the union will accept lower wages or fewer workers hired c. decrease the demand for labor, and the union will demand higher wages or more workers hired d. increase the demand for labor, and the union will demand higher wages or more workers hired e. not affect the demand for labor, wages, or workers hired
If the price effect outweighs the income effect of a wage increase, the quantity of labor supplied will:
A. be negative. B. remain the same. C. increase. D. decrease.