Refer to the above figure. It represents supply and demand for The Black Ash Steel Company's output. The firm's plant belches large quantities of smelly fumes and black ash into the air. Residents in the surrounding area have higher medical bills as a result. If the firm is forced to pay the full social cost of its production, what will occur?
A. Black Ash will increase its own output to cover the cost increase.
B. Black Ash's supply curve will shift from SA to SB.
C. The company's supply curve will shift from SB to SA.
D. Demand for the firm's steel will shift to the left.
Answer: C
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An inflationary gap occurs when
A) aggregate demand falls, but other things remain constant. B) short-run aggregate supply falls, but other things remain constant. C) the short-run equilibrium level of real GDP is greater than long-run aggregate supply. D) the short-run equilibrium level of real GDP is less than long-run aggregate supply.
The output level that occurs in any market that is in equilibrium:
a. is the quantity where the supply curve intersects the y-axis. b. is the quantity where the demand curve intersects the x-axis. c. is the quantity at an output level where buyers will pay more than suppliers require. d. is an output level where buyers will not pay as much as suppliers require. e. is the quantity where the demand and supply curves intersect each other.
In the market for insurance, low risk customers are not served because
a. They do not like buying insurance
b. They are more costly to serve
c. Products designed to be attractive to them are also attractive to high risk types.
d. All of the above
Which of the following is always TRUE of rational behavior?
A) It always entails pursuing one's own best interest. B) It always yields the best possible outcome for all individuals. C) It never involves the pursuit of greedy self-interest. D) It never involves taking into account the interests of others.