Robert Tadmur exports processed turkey and has an upward sloping supply curve. The supply curve indicates that Robert faces a marginal cost of $0.25 or less per pound for supplying the first few pounds. But every producer in this market sells turkey at the market clearing price of $0.50 per pound. The difference between the actual amount that Robert receives and what he would accept to supply the
market clearing quantity is called
a. consumer surplus
b. importer surplus
c. producer surplus
d. trade deficit
e. average variable cost
C
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Lauren makes $150 a day as a bank clerk. She takes two days off work without pay to fly to another city to attend the concert of her favorite band. The cost of transportation and lodging for the trip is $250. The cost of the concert ticket is $50. The opportunity cost of Lauren's decision to attend the concert is
A. $600. B. $450. C. $250. D. $300.
Wendy has to decide between taking a flight and driving to California. Air tickets cost $800 and will get her to California in 2 hours. If she decides to drive, she would need $300 worth of gasoline and 10 hours to reach her destination
Suppose that Wendy's opportunity cost of time is $20 per hour. Assuming that there are no other costs involved, use cost-benefit analysis to decide whether she should fly or drive to California. If Wendy has an important business meeting to attend and this increases her opportunity cost of time to $200 per hour, will her optimum decision change? Explain.
A firm's demand for labor curve is also called its
A) marginal revenue product of labor curve. B) marginal benefit of labor curve. C) marginal factor cost of labor curve. D) marginal valuation curve.
According to real business cycle theorists, the tendency of money to lead output may be due to
A) government spending shocks, which lead to later changes in economic activity, and the tendency for bank loans to expand in advance of real activity that will occur at a later date. B) the tendency for bank loans to expand in advance of real activity that will occur at a later date and the Federal Reserve's use of all available information in trying to stabilize the price level. C) the Federal Reserve's use of all available information in trying to stabilize the price level and the Federal Reserve's use of all available information in trying to stabilize the level of economic activity. D) the Federal Reserve's use of all available information in trying to stabilize the level of economic activity and government spending shocks, which lead to later changes in economic activity.