Joey's lawncutting service recently traded in its push mowers for gasoline-powered mowers. Joey still requires one worker per lawnmower; however, more grass is now cut in the same amount of time as before. This is an example of
A) labor-saving technical change.
B) non-neutral technical change.
C) neutral technical change.
D) organizational change.
C
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Marginal productivity theory implies that in a perfectly competitive market economy, a worker will receive income
A) that is less than the value of her marginal contribution to the production process. B) equal to the value of her marginal contribution to the production process. C) that is greater than the value of her marginal contribution to the production process. D) greater than, less than, or equal to the value of her marginal contribution to the production process, depending on her ability to negotiate with employers.
A swap is
A) another name for a put option. B) another name for a call option. C) an agreement between two or more persons to exchange sets of cash flows over some future period. D) the name for the replacement of a futures contract by an options contract.
Which of the following will improve your bargaining position when contracting with a supplier
a. Your supplier merges with an another large supplier of the same product b. You redesign your product to be more feasibly accepting of many suppliers' parts c. You redesign your product so that your preferred supplier is more integral to product success d. Your supplier's chief competitor has exited the market
Which round of GATT first addressed subsidies?
What will be an ideal response?