If the price elasticity of supply is 0.75, it would imply that a _____
a. a 100 percent increase in price would increase the quantity supplied by 75 percent
b. doubling of the price would increase the quantity supplied by 175 percent
c. 50 percent increase in price would increase the quantity supplied by 25 percent
d. 75 percent increase in price would increase the quantity supplied by 100 percent
e. 120 percent increase in price would increase the quantity supplied by 90 percent
e
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Max Shreck, an accountant, quit his $80,000-a-year job and bought an existing tattoo parlor from its previous owner, Sylvia Sidney. The lease has five years remaining and requires a monthly payment of $4,000
Max's explicit cost amounts to $3,000 per month more than his revenue. Should Max continue operating his business? A) If Max's marginal revenue is greater than or equal to his marginal cost, then he should stay in business. B) Max should continue to run the tattoo parlor until his lease runs out. C) Max's explicit cost exceeds his total revenue. He should shut down his tattoo parlor. D) This cannot be determined without information on his revenue.
Distinguishing between stock measures and flow measures of the labor force, the stock measures are
A) the labor force only. B) the number of people who lost their jobs and the number of people who found jobs only. C) the total number of people who are unemployed only. D) the total number in the labor force and the total number of people who are unemployed only.
Of the following, what muscle would do the most work if you ran five miles?
A. Biceps B. Pectoralis major C. Quadriceps femoris D. Sternocleidomastoid
When the invisible hand does not produce optimal outcomes for the economy, there is evidence of
A. Government failure. B. Market failure. C. Macroeconomic failure. D. Scarcity.