Refer to the information provided in Table 6.1 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
Table 6.1Number of Hamburgers per DayTotal UtilityMarginal Utility130?252?367?476?5?4Number ofSodas per DayTotal UtilityMarginal Utility120?235?347?457?5?7Refer to Table 6.1. The marginal utility of the second hamburger per day is
A. 10.
B. 15.
C. 22.
D. 52.
Answer: C
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In the production possibilities frontier depicted in the figure above, which of the following combinations of hats and bananas is inefficient?
A) 4 million pounds of bananas and 4 million hats B) 2 million pounds of bananas and 5 million hats C) 0 pounds of bananas and 6 million hats D) 1 million pounds of bananas and 3 million hats
In which of the following situations, is a barrier to entry into a monopoly least likely to exist?
a. A large firm enjoys economies of scale. b. The tariffs on foreign goods are eliminated by the government. c. A company is the sole inventor of what it produces and no one else can make a good substitute. d. Government restrictions such as license requirements are enacted. e. A company is the only owner of an essential resource needed to produce its product.
Under the Bretton Woods system, whenever a country ran a short-term balance of payments deficit, it was:
A. obliged to contract its money supply. B. obliged to expand its money supply. C. possible for it to borrow from the IMF. D. likely to increase the value of its currency.
Regulation of a natural monopoly that forces it to price and produce as if it were a competitive firm results in
A) the market being instantly competitive. B) higher profits for the monopoly. C) economic losses for the monopoly. D) a highly unstable marketplace.