If View Your World, a high-end window manufacturer, sells its glass door division, this is an example of ________.
A) divestiture
B) backward integration
C) outsourcing
D) forward integration
A) divestiture
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Van, whose utility of wealth curve is shown in the above figure, owns a home that is valued at $100,000. There is a 10 percent chance that the house will be destroyed by hurricane. The value of insurance to Van is
A) $10,000. B) $15,000. C) $20,000. D) $30,000.
Business cycles can be described best as
(a) being pervasive during the antebellum period but their effects were isolated to the private sector. (b) being pervasive during the antebellum period but their effects were isolated to the public sector. (c) being pervasive during the antebellum period and their effects were felt both in the private and public sectors. (d) uncommon during the antebellum period but their effects were felt significantly when present.
Which of the following is not a solution to the problem of negative externalities due to pollution?
a. create private property rights b. levy pollution taxes c. create obligatory controls d. subsidize the production of the goods e. establish strict limits on the amount of pollution allowed
The price of a phone call at a pay phone was 5 cents in 1950 and the price of a first-class stamp was 3 cents. In 2016, the pay phone costs 50 cents for a call and a first-class stamp costs 47 cents. We know that
A. all prices increased from 1950 to 2016: Nominal prices of phone calls, first-class stamps, and the relative prices of phone calls and first-class stamps. B. both the nominal and the relative price of phone calls increased from 1950 to 2016. C. both the nominal prices of phone calls and first-class stamps increased from 1950 to 2016, but we can't tell if the relative prices increased or decreased without more information. D. both the nominal prices of phone calls and first-class stamps increased from 1950 to 2016, but the relative price of stamps increased and the relative price of phone calls decreased from 1950 to 2016.