Tiger Woods, a professional golfer, pays a garage mechanic to change the motor oil of his car even though he can do the work himself. Which of the following best explains why Tiger Woods does not change the oil himself?
A) Tiger Woods has an absolute advantage in changing oil.
B) Tiger Woods has a comparative advantage in changing oil.
C) There is no opportunity cost for the garage mechanic to change oil.
D) The opportunity cost of changing oil is higher for Tiger Woods than for the garage mechanic.
D
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A. accounting profits must be negative. B. economic profits must be zero. C. other firms will enter the market. D. firms will exit the market.
Which of the following is included in the narrow definition of the money supply?
a. Cash in bank vaults b. Savings deposits c. Money market mutual fund accounts d. Negotiable certificates of deposit e. Checkable deposits
When a country's ability to maintain its fixed exchange rate is doubted by investors:
A. it may fall under a speculative attack. B. the exchange rate is likely to spiral upward, out of control. C. the value of its currency tends to appreciate too quickly. D. All of these statements are true.
Refer to Table 8.1. Assuming the price of labor (L) is $5 per unit and the price of capital (K) is $10 per unit, what production technique should this firm use to produce 2 units of output? A) Production technique A B) Production technique B C) The firm is indifferent between production technique A and production technique B. D) It is impossible to determine if the firm should select production technique A or B because total fixed costs are not given.