When marginal revenue equals price for all levels of output, the firm is operating in a perfectly competitive market
a. True
b. False
A
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In many countries, education is either wholly provided by the government or is heavily subsidized. How would an economist explain this?
A. Since education has a spillover? benefit, private markets will under provide for it. B. Education is a pure public good and those who do not pay cannot be excluded from it. C. Individuals will not purchase education because they do not benefit from it. D. Since education has a spillover? cost, private markets will over provide for it. E. The only way to provide education is through a? government-sponsored system.
Why was running a budget deficit to build the U.S. highway system in the 1950s a benefit to the country?
a. The costs of building the highway system were so small that they were considered irrelevant. b. There were benefits of increasing potential GDP, so the increased costs were not considered. c. The benefits of it increasing potential GDP were greater than the increased costs of borrowing for the deficit. d. The costs of building the highways system were greater than the benefits of building the highway system.
What condition(s) must exist to make trade among nations mutually beneficial?
a. Nations must have the same opportunity costs of production. b. Nations must not impose tariffs or quotas. c. Nations must be equally efficient at producing a traded good. d. Nations must have an absolute advantage in the production of a good. e. Nations must have a comparative advantage in the production of a good.
According to most economists, when can government debt lead to higher interest rates?
a. Always. b. Never. c. When government spends money wastefully. d. When misperceptions or default risks are significant.