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 emissions reduction in this industry will be
________ tons.
A. 25
B. 50
C. 75
D. 100
Answer: D
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Use the following table to answer the question below. Giovanni's Production Possibilities ScheduleRuby's Production Possibilities SchedulePounds of Green BeansPounds of CornPounds of Green BeansPounds of Corn0160032040120102408080201601204030801600400The terms of trade for 1 pound of green beans must lie between ________ and ________ pounds of corn.
A. 1, 8 B. 1, 4 C. 1/8, 1 D. 1/8, 2
Refer to Figure 12-5. What is the amount of the firm's fixed cost of production?
A) $5,400 B) $6,750 C) $8,100 D) It cannot be determined.
Assume that for the fourth quarter of 2012, nominal GDP was $245 billion, potential real GDP was $260 billion, and the GDP deflator was 112. According to Okun's law, the cyclical unemployment rate during the fourth quarter of 2012 was
A) 2.9%. B) 3.1%. C) 8.0%. D) 8.4%.
Every allocation of goods in a one good world is efficient because:
a. MRSs are equalized. b. there is enough to go around for everyone. c. no one can be made better off without making someone else worse off. d. it doesn't matter to whom an extra unit of the good is given.