Profit-maximizing firms in a competitive market produce an output level where
a. marginal cost equals marginal revenue.
b. marginal cost equals average total cost.
c. marginal revenue is increasing.
d. price is less than marginal revenue.
a
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If the expected rate of return on investment decreases, then most likely the
A. consumption schedule will shift downward. B. consumption schedule will shift upward. C. investment schedule will shift downward. D. investment schedule will shift upward.
Catherine quit her job in order to look for a new one; therefore, she is best considered as
A) frictionally unemployed. B) structurally unemployed. C) cyclically unemployed. D) seasonally unemployed.
The aggregate demand curve differs from an individual demand curve in that
A) the aggregate demand curve may not slope down while an individual demand curve must always slope down. B) the aggregate demand curve looks at the entire circular flow of income and product, while an individual demand curve looks at one good, holding everything else constant. C) prices change along an individual demand curve but prices are held constant along an aggregate demand curve. D) the aggregate demand curve slopes up while an individual demand curve slopes down.
In economics, the demand for a good refers to the amount of the good people:
a. would like to have if the good were free. b. are willing to buy at various prices. c. need to achieve a minimum standard of living. d. will buy at alternative income levels.