The demand curve facing a perfectly competitive firm is
a. perfectly elastic
b. perfectly inelastic
c. unit elastic
d. downward-sloping
e. identical to the industry demand curve
A
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A) support policies that they think will make the poor better off. B) fire bureaucrats who support efficient policies. C) are fully informed. D) are sometimes rationally ignorant about a policy.
The above figure shows the market for steel ingots. If the market is competitive, then to achieve the socially optimal level of pollution, the government can
A) outlaw the production of steel. B) institute a specific tax of $25. C) institute a specific tax of $50. D) institute a specific tax equal to area b.
Which of the following is an example of outsourcing?
a. When production of economics textbooks, management textbooks, and finance textbooks can be done by a single publishing company at lower average cost than by separate publishing companies that specialize in just one topic. b. When a firm produces 600,000 units per month to realize the minimum average cost of producing a unit of output. c. When a firm finds that it is more profitable to contract for certain inputs or functions supplied by others than to produce those inputs or functions itself. d. When a steel company integrates backward to mine iron ore and even the coal used to smelt iron ore.
Suppose the market price is $5, marginal cost is $4, and average total cost is $2. The perfectly competitive firm in that market is
A) earning $3 in economic profits per unit of output and is not maximizing profits. B) earning $2 in economic profits per unit of output and is maximizing profits. C) earning $1 in economic profits per unit of output and is not maximizing profits. D) none of the above: Insufficient information is given.