Which of the following statements concerning the supply of labor is true?
A. The wage rate has no effect on the supply of labor.
B. The labor supply curve is downward sloping.
C. The supply of labor is determined by the prevailing wage rate.
D. The typical labor supply curve is upward sloping.
Answer: D
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A) a decrease in investment and slower growth; people focus on the long run and not the short run B) an increase in investment and faster growth; people focus on the short run and not the long run C) a decrease in investment and slower growth; people increase their demand for money D) a decrease in investment and slower growth; people focus on the short run and not the long run E) an increase in investment and faster growth; people decrease their demand for money
Refer to Table 16-3. Suppose Julie's marginal cost of providing this service is constant at $7 and she charges each customer according to his or her willingness to pay instead of a uniform price of $7. Which of the following statements is true?
A) Julie has converted the consumer surplus (from a uniform price) into economic profit. B) Julie's has converted the producer surplus (from a uniform price) into consumer surplus. C) Julie is worse off because the demand for her services is reduced. D) Julie's customers are better off because their consumer surplus has increased.
If an insurance company hires a resource in a perfectly competitive resource market and it wants to maximize profit, it will hire where marginal revenue product equals
a. the price of the resource, which equals its marginal resource cost b. the price of the resource, which is greater than its marginal resource cost c. the price of the resource, which is less than its marginal resource cost d. marginal product e. the price of the product
Which of the following would most likely lead to discrimination with landlords?
a. rent fluctuating around equilibrium price b. rent at equilibrium price c. rent above equilibrium price d. rent below equilibrium price