Refer to Figure 15-11. Following the entry of Verizon, the subscription price falls from PM to PC. What is the increase in consumer surplus as a result of this change?
A) the area D + F B) the area B + C C) the area A + B + C D) the area B + C + D
D
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The most heavily traded American stocks are traded on the
A. New York Stock Exchange. B. American Stock Exchange. C. regional stock markets. D. “third market.”
One great challenge to choosing programs to fund is:
A. knowing whether the program is truly the cause of any observed improvement. B. raising the revenue to assess a program's viability. C. poor record keeping. D. All of these present large challenges.
Steve and Lee have been shipwrecked on a deserted island in the Hawaiian chain. Their economic activity consists of either gathering pineapples or fishing. We know Steve can catch four fish in one hour or harvest two baskets of pineapples. In the same
time Lee can reel in two fish or harvest two baskets of pineapples. If they each spend four hours a day fishing and four hours a day harvesting pineapples, how many of each will Steve produce? How many will Lee produce? What will their total production be? If Steve and Lee don't trade with each other, who is better off? Why? Assume Lee and Steve both operate on straight-line production possibilities curves. What is Steve's opportunity cost of producing a basket of pineapples? Of a producing a fish? What is Lee's opportunity cost of producing a basket of pineapples? Of a producing a fish? If Steve and Lee traded, who has the comparative advantage in fish? Pineapples? If Lee and Steve specialize in and trade the good in which they have a comparative advantage, how much of each good will be produced in an eight hour day? What are the gains from trade?
The balance of payments constraint refers to the limits on:
A. exchange rate policy imposed by flexible exchange rates. B. currency convertibility observed in most developing countries. C. domestic macroeconomic policy, arising from a shortage of international reserves. D. macroeconomic policy resulting from IMF conditionality.