The term "bottleneck" refers to
a. when increasing variable inputs must share a fixed amount of complementary input.
b. "fixity" of some factor
c. None of the above
d. Both a and b
d
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If the minimum wage law sets a price floor above the equilibrium wage in the market for unskilled labor, then the
A) minimum wage will create a surplus of unskilled labor. B) minimum wage will create a shortage of unskilled labor. C) minimum wage will not impact the unskilled labor market. D) unskilled labor market will change, but we cannot be certain how.
If the financial and capital account has a deficit, the:
A. balance of payments must have a surplus. B. balance of payments must have a deficit. C. balance on the current account must have a deficit. D. balance on the current account must have a surplus.
To sell more units, a monopolist
A) simply moves across its horizontal demand curve to a larger quantity. B) moves down its demand curve to a lower price that will increase quantity demand. C) can continue to receive the same price it always has as long as it has its customers' goodwill. D) must be willing to lower the barriers to entry that have protected it.
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, unlike airlines, even elite hotels don't have sophisticated systems that can react quickly to changes in demand. Even if they could, many hoteliers say people don't respond that much to lower rates
"We've tested this, cutting our rates by $50 [per night], and we didn't see an appreciable response in occupancy," says Jim Schultenover, a vice president for Ritz-Carlton. Source: Jesse Drucker, "In Times of Belt-Tightening, We Seek Reasonable Rates," Wall Street Journal, April 6, 2001. Based on the information above, the demand for hotel rooms is A) elastic. B) unit elastic. C) inelastic. D) perfectly elastic.