Refer to the above table. If the price is $5, the maximum economic profits this firm could earn is
A) $520.
B) $420.
C) $414.
D) $106.
D
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Which of the following statements is correct?
A. Structural unemployment is unemployment resulting from changes in the structure of consumer demand or technology. B. Search unemployment is the broadest unemployment category because it covers all other types of unemployment. C. Frictional unemployment is the result of friction between labor and management over how best to perform work. D. Cyclical unemployment is also called wait unemployment because this unemployment depends on the timing of the business cycle.
Discretionary fiscal policy
A) may not have desired effects on real GDP because it leads to decreases in aggregate demand. B) may not have desired effects on real GDP because of the time lags. C) would have a larger effect on real GDP if the multiplier was smaller. D) may not have desired effects on real GDP because it leads to increases in aggregate demand.
Currently. the price of consuming housing src="https://sciemce.com/media/3/ppg__cognero__Chapter_06_Doing_the_quot_Best_quot_We_Can__media__3e7add47-491f-48be-8fcb-fd865a8ddf80.PNG" style="vertical-align: -8px;" width="17px" height="28px" align="absmiddle" />. At the same time, the government lowers the tax on other consumption, lowering the price from 
is lowered by the fact that home mortgage interest is tax deductible. Suppose the government proposed to eliminate this implicit subsidy of your housing consumption, raising the price from 
to 
to 
.
a. Write down your original budget constraint assuming the consumer has income I.
b. Suppose the utility function 
captures your tastes, and suppose 
, 
, 
, 
and 
. Write out the utility maximization problem for this consumer prior to any policy change.
c. How much housing and other goods will this consumer consume prior to any policy change?
d. When the policy change goes into effect, will this consumer still be able to afford the bundle you derived in (c)?
e. When the policy change goes into effect, what bundle will the consumer consume?
What will be an ideal response?
Suppose your accountant told you that the $50,000 you made last year was your normal profit. When you asked him what your accounting profit was he replied that it was precisely the same as your normal profit. You wouldn't have to ask what your economic profit was because you know it must be
a. 0 b. $50,000 c. $100,000 d. $50,000 loss e. $100,000 loss