In the above figure, suppose the quantity produced is 40. Then
A) the marginal social cost of the 40th unit is $1.
B) the willingness to pay for the 40th unit is $2, the equilibrium price.
C) production is not efficient because MSB > MSC.
D) production is not efficient because MSC>MSB.
D
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If the minimum wage is set
A) above the equilibrium wage rate, it will create unemployment. B) equal to the equilibrium wage rate, it will create a shortage of labor. C) below the equilibrium wage rate, it will create unemployment. D) equal to the equilibrium wage rate, it will create a surplus of labor. E) below the equilibrium wage rate, it will create a shortage of labor.
Consider a market in which there is an external cost. A tax can be used to arrive at the efficient market equilibrium because the tax will
A) decrease supply of the good. B) increase supply of the good. C) decrease demand for the good. D) increase demand for the good.
An improvement in the technology of production for a specific good is expected to cause:
a. Higher prices and decreased quantity sold b. Higher prices and increased quantity sold c. Lower prices and decreased quantity sold d. Lower prices and increased quantity sold
Originally, the threshold income level used to determine official poverty statistics was based on
A) a per capita income of $3000 in 1955 prices. B) the lowest income of the second quartile of families in the country. C) an income three times greater than necessary to purchase a nutritionally adequate diet. D) figures developed by a committee in the American Economic Association.