A binding price floor will reduce a firm's total revenue
a. always.
b. when demand is elastic.
c. when demand is inelastic.
d. never.
b
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Money and income are used interchangeably by noneconomists but mean different things.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
A quantity less than the equilibrium quantity in a competitive market is inefficient because
A) the marginal benefit of another unit is greater than its marginal cost. B) too much of the good is being produced. C) the marginal cost of another unit is greater than its marginal benefit. D) the marginal benefit of another unit is not equal to zero. E) the marginal benefit is not maximized.
Beef is a normal good and people's incomes fall. At the same time a bumper corn crop reduces the cost of feeding steers. These changes result in
A) an increase in the equilibrium quantity of beef. B) an increase in the equilibrium quantity of beef if the shift in the demand curve is smaller than the shift in the supply curve. C) an increase in the equilibrium quantity of beef if the shift in the demand curve is larger than the shift in the supply curve. D) no change in the equilibrium quantity of beef.
The antebellum transportation revolution
a. was driven by a few firms that gained monopoly control of the major transportation routes. b. increased the prices of many consumer goods. c. discouraged urban growth. d. caused political and economic tension between the East and the West. e. None of the above.