A firm is most likely to experience economies of scale if its start-up costs are high and its marginal cost is ________.
A. high
B. low
C. decreasing
D. increasing
Answer: B
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A shift of the U.S. demand curve for Mexican pesos to the left and a decrease in the peso price per dollar would result from
a. an increase in the U.S. inflation rate relative to the rate in Mexico. b. a change in U.S. consumers' tastes away from Mexican products and toward products made in South Korea, India, and Taiwan. c. U.S. buyers perceiving that domestically - produced products are of a lower quality than products made in Mexico. d. all of the above answers are correct.
As a curve approaches a maximum point, the slope will
A) be positive, then negative after the maximum point. B) be negative, then positive after the maximum point. C) remain constant on either side of the maximum point. D) increase before and after the maximum point.
The above figure shows the market for labor. The employer is a monopsony. At the equilibrium level of employment, which of the following is CORRECT?
A) MCL = VMP B) VMP > W C) W < MCL D) All of the above are correct.
Historians are in general agreement that
(a) railroads opened the country and were built at great risk ahead of demand, gambling on the future. (b) railroads sharply cut down transportation costs, linking the country together in all directions and spurring the nation's growth far in advance of anything that might otherwise have been achieved. (c) railroads were the single innovation of the 19th century that created a great leap forward in terms of American economic growth. (d) none of the above are true.