When consumers in a market become fully informed of negative information about the product, we can expect the
A. price of the product to decrease.
B. price of the product to increase.
C. price of the product to remain constant but the equilibrium quantity to decrease.
D. equilibrium quantity of the product to increase.
Answer: A
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
One way to solve the free-rider problem is:
A. have the government provide the good at a certain cost. B. make the good or service more excludable. C. tax those who truly value the good. D. tax everyone an equal amount for the good.
The presumed objective of the U.S. corporation is to maximize
a. Stakeholder value b. Shareholder value c. Profits before taxes d. The sum of shareholder and stakeholder value e. None of the above
A publishing house is using 400 printers and 200 printing presses to produce books. The printers' wage rate is $20 and the price of a printing press is $100. The last printer added 20 books to total output, while the last printing press added 50 books to total output. The publishing house
A. could produce the same number of books at a lower cost by using more printing presses and fewer printers. B. should use more printing presses because they are more productive than printers. C. is using the cost-minimizing combination of printers and printing presses. D. could produce the same number of books at a lower cost by using more printers and fewer printing presses. E. should use more printers because they are cheaper than printing presses.