A good that is used as a medium of exchange as well as being a consumption good is called
A) a barter money.
B) a commodity money.
C) a legal tender.
D) a debased money.
B
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If the quantity of the variable on the y-axis increases by 3 when the quantity of the variable on the x-axis increases by 4, then the slope of the curve equals
A) 3. B) 4. C) 3/4. D) 4/3. E) 1.
For a firm in monopolistic competition, innovation and product development are
A) senseless because economic profit is always zero in the long run. B) necessary in order to have a chance of earning at least a short-run economic profit. C) inconsequential because each firm produces a different product. D) necessary to allow new firms to enter. E) uncommon because other firms already produce similar products.
What are the conditions that characterize the sellers' side in a perfectly competitive market?
What will be an ideal response?
Suppose there is an early freeze in California that reduces the size of the lemon crop. What happens to consumer surplus in the market for lemons?
a. Consumer surplus increases. b. Consumer surplus decreases. c. Consumer surplus is not affected by this change in market forces. d. We would have to know whether the demand for lemons is elastic or inelastic to make this determination.