A situation in which a private cost diverges from a social cost is
A) internal costs.
B) an externality.
C) an internality.
D) a transactions cost.
B
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A) increase; encourages B) increase; discourages C) decrease; encourages D) decrease; discourages
If the demand for a good decreased, what would be the effect on the equilibrium price and quantity?
a. Price would increase, and quantity would decrease. b. Price would decrease, and quantity would decrease. c. Price would increase, and quantity would increase. d. Price would decrease, and quantity would increase.
A firm's total product of labor curve is represented by the following data: 1 worker can produce 4 units of output; 2 workers, 10 units; 3 workers, 17 units; 4 workers, 25 units; 5 workers, 30 units; 6 workers, 35 units; 7 workers, 38 units; 8 workers,
39 units; and 9 workers, 38 units. What is the marginal product of the seventh worker? When does the law of diminishing marginal product set in? Under these circumstances would you ever choose to employ nine workers?
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a. education b. a teacher's blackboard c. the purchase of a new computer to enhance labor productivity d. All of the above are correct.