Over the past twenty years, the number of small family farms has fallen significantly and in their place there are fewer, but larger, farms owned by corporations. Which of the following best explains this trend?
A) diseconomies of scale in farming
B) economies of scale in farming
C) diminishing returns to labor in farming
D) declining productivity
Answer: B
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A) barriers to entry. B) firms entering whenever they can make a profit and exiting when they cannot make a profit. C) steady long-run economic profit. D) a very steady number of firms.
The authors explain that the international copper cartel (CIPEC) has been largely ineffective in raising the price of copper in world markets, and the reason is mainly due to the relatively elastic demand for copper
Suppose the cartel recognized that there are multiple uses for copper, and some of the uses have few substitute products (e.g., copper electrical wire) while others have several close substitutes (e.g., copper water pipes). To increase profits, the cartel could raise the price of copper in the sub-markets with relatively inelastic demand. What else would the cartel have to do in order to make the cartel's action effective? A) The cartel would have to seek permission from the U.S. Department of Justice. B) The cartel would have to get the cooperation of all other copper producers in order to raise the price by some positive amount. C) The cartel would have to find a way to keep the buyers in the low-price market from reselling the copper to buyers in the high-price market. D) none of the above
Describe the profit-maximizing firm’s decision about how much to spend on innovation.
What will be an ideal response?
Refer to the information provided in Figure 2.4 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
Figure 2.4According to Figure 2.4, as the economy moves from Point A to Point E, the opportunity cost of motorcycles, measured in terms of hybrid cars
A. remains constant. B. decreases. C. initially increases, then decreases. D. increases.