An economist would say the price is too high for a certain service if
a. poor people couldn't afford to buy it.
b. nobody could afford to buy it.
c. the price was above marginal cost.
d. it is an essential service and consumes a significant share of income.
c
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If you agree to a long-term loan at a specified nominal rate of interest and inflation turns out to be higher than was anticipated,
A) the nominal rate of interest falls. B) the nominal rate of interest rises. C) the real rate of interest falls. D) the real rate of interest rises.
A monopoly can be formed by a bandwagon effect. Which of the following products would most closely match the bandwagon effect?
A) The Atlanta Braves baseball club B) The Dell Computer C) The Apple Watch D) The Chevrolet Corvette
Suppose milk and cereal are compliments and the demand for milk is Qdm = 40 - 6Pm - 2Pc, where Qdm stands for millions of gallons of milk demanded, Pm stands for the price of milk and Pc stands for the price of cereal. The supply of milk is Qsm = 6Pm - 8, where Qsm stands for millions of gallons of milk supplied. The demand and supply of cereal are Qdc = 90 - 5Pc - Pm and Qsc = 5Pc - 10, respectively, where Qdc stands for millions of boxes of cereal demanded and Qsc stands for millions of boxes of cereal supplied. Which of the following gives the market-clearing curve for cereal?
A. Pc = 100 - (Pm/10) B. Pc = 8 - (Pm/10) C. Pc = 10 - (Pm/10) D. Pc = 10 + (Pm/10)
The merger of two pizza restaurant chains would be an example of
A) a horizontal merger. B) a vertical merger. C) a conglomerate merger. D) an independent merger.