In the figure above, the Lorenz curve that shows the richest 20 percent of households receiving 40 percent of all income is
A) curve A.
B) curve B.
C) curve C.
D) curve D.
B
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Who still has to economize?
A) The senior citizen who receives a 10% discount at the local coffee shop B) The day-after-Christmas shopper who enjoys sales of up to 70% on holiday merchandise C) Bill Gates D) All of the above. E) None of the above.
Can both producer surplus and consumer surplus exist at the same time in a particular market?
What will be an ideal response?
Firms share technology with rivals,
a. in order to better compete with their rivals. b. in order to help out when their rivals are in trouble. c. to share the substantial risks of innovation. d. because they are required to by law. e. in order to pass false information to their rivals in order to drive them out of business.
A bottle of wine costs $8 and a quiche costs $5 . At Robert's present levels of consumption, he spends all his income and receives marginal utility of $10 from the last bottle of wine and marginal utility of $4 from the last quiche. To maximize his total utility, Robert should
a. buy less wine and more quiche. b. buy more wine and less quiche. c. spend all of his money on wine. d. change his spending pattern until he buys 8/5ths as much wine as quiche.