The best explanation for ________ is a fixed factor causes diminishing returns to other factors.
A. the shape of a short-run marginal cost schedule
B. a horizontal marginal revenue curve
C. increasing returns to scale
D. a perfectly competitive firm earning economic profits in the long run
Answer: A
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The long-run effect of an increase in the growth rate of the quantity of money is a
A) higher nominal interest rate. B) lower nominal interest rate. C) lower real interest rate. D) lower inflation rate. E) higher real interest rate.
The saying “the lower the price, the better” may not always be correct for an economy’s public interest because
A. people should have to pay for what they want. B. people will overuse something they perceive as being cheaper than the utility they receive for it. C. the government can no longer afford to provide all the goods and services it provides because it is slowly going broke. D. cheaper prices will make people buy less of other things.
Price-discriminating, profit-maximizing monopolists charge higher prices to buyers who have more elastic demand curves
a. True b. False
Suppose the price elasticity of demand for Good A is 2.4 and the price elasticity of demand for Good B is 1.2. Which of the following statements is consistent with these values?
A. Good A is a luxury and Good B is a necessity. B. Good A is a good several days after a price increase while Good B is that same good several years after the price increase. C. Good A is ice cream and Good B is mint chocolate chip ice cream. D. Good A is salt and Good B is college tuition.