The voluntary export restraint (VER) is not only a politically attractive way of offering protection to an import-competing industry but is also economically less harmful to the importing country than other trade barriers would be.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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Refer to A Negative Externality Problem. Suppose there are no transactions costs. Also suppose the externality is internalized when the damaged parties offer producers a bribe of $10 per unit to reduce their production. Coasian analysis indicates that social gain in this situation will equal
Demand for a good is given by Q = 100 - P. The private marginal cost of production is MCP = 10 + Q. There is a $10 per unit negative production externality in this situation. a. $0 b. $800 c. $1,600 d. $3,200
Assuming all else equal, if the labor demand curve shifts to the left and the labor supply curve remains unchanged, ________
A) equilibrium wage falls B) consumption falls C) unemployment rises D) equilibrium wage rises
The typical labor supply curve is upward sloping but it is possible for the curve to be backward bending —negatively sloped—at very high wage levels. Which of the following would cause a backward-bending supply curve?
A) This would occur if leisure is an inferior good. B) This would occur when the substitution effect from an increase in the wage becomes larger than the income effect. C) This would occur when a large number of workers choose leisure rather than employment at low wages; only a very large increase in the wage will lead these workers to prefer employment to leisure. D) This would occur when the income effect from an increase in the wage becomes larger than the substitution effect.
Definition of leisure.