The statement "Gross domestic product (GDP) values all output equally" means that:
a. household production is treated the same as production by firms
b. depreciation of manufactured capital is treated the same as depletion of natural resources.
c. the purchase of pollution control equipment is valued the same as pollution itself.
d. leisure time is valued the same as time spent working a job.
e. the market price of output is the measure of that output's value.
e. the market price of output is the measure of that output's value.
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A job advertised in an industry publication rather than a local newspaper is an attempt to
A) use access to the industry publication as a screening mechanism. B) use access to the newspaper as a screening mechanism. C) use access to the industry publication as a means of statistical discrimination. D) use access to the newspaper as a means of statistical discrimination.
If the market in the figure above is a monopoly that maximizes its profit and charges every consumer the same price for each unit of output the consumer buys, the consumer surplus is equal to ________.
A) area A.
B) area B.
C) area C.
D) area D.
Assume an equilibrium price of $7 and equilibrium quantity of 8 units at demand D and supply S2 in the graph shown. Total surplus is:
A. $32.
B. $12.
C. $56.
D. $16.
In a perfectly competitive market, in response to a permanent decrease in demand:
a. the short run equilibrium price will be higher than the eventual long run equilibrium price b. the short run equilibrium price will be lower than the eventual long run equilibrium price. c. the short run equilibrium price will be the same as than the eventual long run equilibrium price. d. we cannot know whether the short run equilibrium price will be below the eventual long run equilibrium price.