Due to capacity constraints, the price elasticity of supply for most products is:
A) the same in the long run and the short run.
B) greater in the long run than the short run.
C) greater in the short run than in the long run.
D) too uncertain to be estimated.
B
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If firms in monopolistic competition are earning economic profits, eventually
A) they shut down. B) they exit the industry. C) the market turns into a monopoly. D) new firms enter the industry. E) the firms in the market increase their production so that their economic profit disappears.
You purchase a pizza oven that is expected to last 10 years for $15,000. How do you account for the economic cost of the oven?
A) Expense the oven, taking a write-off for the entire price in the first year. B) Amortize the cost over the 10 year life of the oven, resulting in a cost of $1,500 per year. C) Calculate the value of renting the oven to someone else and use that as your cost. D) The cost is the price of the oven minus any revenue made selling pizzas made in the oven.
The aggregate production function is the
a. relationship between the amount of labor employed in the economy and the total amount of output produced b. relationship between available labor and the total amount of output produced c. the relationship between land and capital and labor employed in the economy d. long-run equilibrium of the macroeconomy e. amount of output any worker can produce given existing land and capital constraints
When economists say the quantity supplied of a product has decreased, they mean the
a. supply curve has shifted to the left. b. supply curve has shifted to the right. c. price of the product has risen, and consequently, suppliers are producing more of it. d. price of the product has fallen, and consequently, suppliers are producing less of it.