The amount of a good that is given up to produce another good is:
a. its dollar cost.
b. its opportunity cost.
c. its relative cost.
d. its absolute cost.
e. all of these.
b
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Which product will have the most elastic demand curve?
A. Thread B. Heating oil C. A new automobile D. Cigarettes
The Coase theorem states that if private parties can negotiate the purchase and sale of the right to perform activities that cause externalities, then they:
A. will never arrive at efficient solutions to the problems caused by externalities. B. will never perform activities that generate negative externalities. C. will always perform activities that generate positive externalities. D. can always arrive at efficient solutions to the problems caused by externalities.
Refer to the information in Figure 16.5 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
?Figure 16.5Figure 16.5 shows the marginal benefits of emitting pollution for the only two chemical companies in an industry, Alpha Chemicals and Beta Chemicals. Before any tax on pollution emissions is imposed, each company views pollution as being free.Refer to Figure 16.5. The government decides to impose a tax on pollution emissions to cut total emissions in this industry in half, and based on this decision it has set the tax at $100 per ton of emissions. Following the implementation of this tax, the total amount of pollution emitted in this industry will be ________
tons. A. 25 B. 50 C. 75 D. 100
An increase in the price of a loaf of bread will
a. cause the budget constraint to rotate outward b. reduce the minimum number of loaves any individual consumer can purchase c. increase the minimum number of loaves any individual consumer can purchase d. increase the maximum number of loaves any individual consumer can purchase e. reduce the maximum number of loaves any individual consumer can purchase