Refer to the information provided in Figure 2.4 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
Figure 2.4According to Figure 2.4, as the economy moves from Point E to Point A, the opportunity cost of hybrid cars, measured in terms of motorcycles
A. increases.
B. initially increases, then decreases.
C. decreases.
D. remains constant.
Answer: A
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In the long run when a perfectly competitive firm experiences negative economic profits,
A) firms exit the industry, the market supply curve shifts rightward, and the market price falls. B) firms enter the industry, the market supply curve shifts rightward, and the market price falls. C) firms exit the industry, the market supply curve shifts leftward, and the market price rises. D) firms enter the industry, the market supply curve shifts rightward, and the market price rises.
In the 1960s and 1970s the U.S. passed several major consumer safety laws, including the Flammable Fabrics Act and the Child Protection Act. The economic impact of such legislation may include all of the following except:
a. reducing the price of the regulated product. b. increasing the cost of producing the regulated product. c. reducing the supply of the regulated product. d. reducing competition within the regulated industry.
An assumption of the production possibilities frontier model is that technology is fixed
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Social disapproval is likely to be more effective:
A. in a small town than a large city. B. than taxation. C. in solving a free rider problem than a tragedy of the commons problem. D. when community members have only spurious relationships with others in the area.