If a perfectly competitive wheat farmer is maximizing its profit and then increases its output, the farmer's
A) total revenue increases, but total cost rises by more so that the farmer's total profit decreases.
B) total revenue decreases and total cost increases, both thereby decreasing the farmer's total profit.
C) total revenue does not change but total cost increases, thereby decreasing the farmer's total profit.
D) marginal revenue increases, but so does marginal cost, so that the farmer's total profit increases.
E) total revenue and total cost both rise, but the effect on the farmer's total profit is uncertain.
A
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A) a relative price. B) a money price. C) an indexed price. D) an opportunity price.
A progressive income tax is defined as a tax for which
A) total taxes paid increase with the level of income. B) total taxes paid are independent of the level of income. C) the average tax rate increases with the level of income. D) the average tax rate decreases with the level of income.
The federal law that prohibits, among other things, "unfair" competition and created the Federal Trade Commission is the:
A) Sherman Act of 1890. B) Clayton Act of 1914. C) Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914. D) Celler-Kefauver Act of 1950.
The situation where one person's demand for a good depends on the consumption of the good by others is called a
A) network externality. B) network internality. C) consumption externality. D) production externality.