If a firm is a profit maximizer and faces positive marginal costs,
A) there is a natural limit to the size of the firm, where MR = 0.
B) there is no natural limit to the size of the firm; it can be as large as it wants to be.
C) there is a natural limit to the size of the firm, where MR > 0.
D) there is no natural limit to the size of the firm, hence the need for government regulation.
C
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A major difference between the Federal Reserve System and foreign central banks is that the
a. Fed is considered part of our government while central banks in other countries are not part of the government b. Fed is completely independent of government influence while central banks in other countries are under government influence c. Fed deals with less money than its foreign counterparts d. U.S. does not have a single central bank like its foreign counterparts e. purpose of the Fed is to make a profit while other countries' central banks exist to serve the public
Related to the Economics in Practice on page 3: According to the Economics in Practice, when rains in rural India are plentiful, the opportunity cost of having children attending school instead of working on harvesting the larger agricultural output
A. remains unchanged. B. decreases. C. increases. D. is zero, because the children are obtaining an education.
The fair rules approach to fairness requires
A) that consumer surplus equal producer surplus. B) income transfers from rich to poor. C) property rights and voluntary exchange. D) that marginal cost equal marginal benefit. E) that consumer surplus exceed producer surplus because there are more consumers than producers.
The suggestion that a seller will try to set price based on "what the market will bear" is explicit recognition of the constraint imposed by:
A) the firm's marginal cost of production. B) the price elasticity of demand for that item. C) the firm's competitors. D) the need for most firms to earn positive economic profits over time if they are to remain in business.