A favorable supply shock shifts the production function curve ________ and the labor demand curve ________
A) upward, upward
B) upward, downward
C) downward, upward
D) downward, downward
A
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The market wage rate for a car mechanic is $30 per week. Peter, who owns a garage, is in urgent need of a mechanic to head his existing employees. He is willing to hire Alex and pay $8 extra in order to make sure that Alex puts in his best efforts. If Alex accepts the job, which of the following statements will be true?
a. There is no disutility of hard work for Alex as his pay exceeds the market wage rate. b. Alex has no incentive to put in his best efforts on this job. c. Alex's disutility of extra effort in this new job is less than the utility from extra pay. d. Peter's benefit from hiring Alex will be limited as he is paying above the market wage rate.
If a customer had to pay a $5 entry charge to get into a roller coaster theme park, and then pay $2 per ride, she would get less consumer surplus than if she was able to pay $2 per ride with no entry charge
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following statements best describes the expected pattern of trade imbalances?
a. The expected pattern of trade imbalances in the world economy has been that low-income economies will run trade surpluses, while middle and high-income economies will run trade deficits. b. The expected pattern of trade imbalances in the world economy has been that low and middle-income economies will run trade surpluses, while high-income economies will run trade deficits. c. The expected pattern of trade imbalances in the world economy has been that high-income economies will run trade surpluses, while low- and middle-income economies will run trade deficits. d. The expected pattern of trade imbalances in the world economy has been that low and high-income economies will run trade surpluses, while middle-income economies will run trade deficits.
Maurice loses his job and decides to sit on the beach rather than looking for work the next few months. Other things the same, the unemployment rate
a. increases, and the labor-force participation rate is unaffected.
b. increases, and the labor-force participation rate decreases.
c. decreases, and the labor-force participation rate increases.
d. decreases, and the labor-force participation rate decreases.