To minimize total costs for a particular rate of output, a firm will equate
A) the average cost of each factor.
B) the marginal revenue of each factor.
C) the marginal physical product per dollar spent on each factor.
D) the marginal revenue product and variable marginal revenue for each factor.
Answer: C
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Education has an external benefit. So to achieve the efficient level of education, an education voucher must equal the difference between the
A) marginal (private) cost and the marginal social benefit. B) marginal (private) benefit and the marginal social benefit. C) marginal social benefit and the marginal (private) cost. D) dollar price and marginal (private) cost. E) marginal (private) cost and the marginal social cost.
The economy recovers quickly from most recessions, but the increase in adverse selection and moral hazard problems in the credit markets caused by ________ led to the severe economic contraction known as The Great Depression
A) debt deflation B) illiquidity C) an improvement in banks' balance sheets D) increases in bond prices
If Treasury deposits at the Fed are predicted to ________, the manager of the trading desk at the New York Fed bank will likely conduct ________ open market operations to ________ reserves
A) rise; defensive; drain B) fall; defensive; drain C) rise; dynamic; inject D) fall; dynamic; drain
If at an output of 10 units a monopolist is earning a positive profit, marginal revenue is $6, and marginal cost is $4, then the monopolist:
a. is in equilibrium. b. should increase output. c. should reduce output. d. should lower the price at the current output level. e. should raise the price at the current output level.