Allocations that are inefficient are sometimes chosen by policy makers as a way of improving fairness.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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Producer surplus
A. is the difference between the minimum price producers are willing to accept for a product and the higher equilibrium price. B. is the difference between the maximum price consumers are willing to pay for a product and the lower equilibrium price. C. rises as equilibrium price falls. D. is the difference between the maximum price consumers are willing to pay for a product and the minimum price producers are willing to accept.
Suppose the majority of the shares of Yahoo stock were sold to an Italian firm. Other things equal, this will
A) increase the balance of the U.S. current account. B) increase the balance of the U.S. financial account. C) create a capital outflow in the United States. D) decrease net portfolio investment in the United States.
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 price of milk in terms of the price of cereal?
A. Pm = 4 - (Pc/6) B. Pm = (32/12) - (Pc/6) C. Pm = (32 - 2Pc)/12 D. Pm = (32/12) + (Pc/6)
Wait unemployment and search unemployment are both types of:
A. cyclical unemployment. B. hidden unemployment. C. frictional unemployment. D. structural unemployment.