Rising prices of resources leads to inefficient resource use by industry
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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(i) How many videos does Spencer rent each year? How much consumer's surplus does Spencer receive from renting videos? (ii) Blockpopper's starts a "frequent viewers" club. For a membership fee of $35 per year, club members can rent as many videos as they wish at the discounted price of $2 per rental. Should Spencer join the "frequent viewers" club? If yes, how much surplus value would Spencer receive as a club member? If no, what membership fee would Spencer be willing to pay to join the club?
(i) The accompanying diagram shows the effects of a tariff. Initially, the price is P0, domestic firms produce Q0 units, and Q1 - Q0 units are imported from foreign firms. When the tariff is imposed, the price increases to P0 + t.
How does the tariff affect consumers' surplus and producers' surplus? How much tariff revenue is collected by the government? Does imposing the tariff cause the country's social gain to rise or fall?
(ii) The situation in part i is known as the "small country" case-the country has no market power, so its tariff does not affect the world price P0. Now consider the "large country" case shown in the accompanying diagram-in this case, the country has market power, and the tariff (by reducing the demand for imports) causes the world price to fall from P0 to P1. So after the tariff is imposed, the domestic price is P1 + t.
How does the tariff affect consumers' surplus and producers' surplus in this situation? How much tariff revenue is collected by the government? When a "large country" imposes a tariff, will its social gain rise or fall?
To the extent that households are target savers who save to reach a specific goal, an increase in the interest rate ________ household saving and a decrease in the interest rate ________ household saving.
A. decreases; increases B. increases; decreases C. increases; does not affect D. does not affect; increases
Which of the following statements best describes consumer surplus in the supply and demand model?
a. Consumer surplus is the area in the supply and demand model that is above the market price and above the demand curve. b. Consumer surplus is the area in the supply and demand model that is below the market price and below the demand curve. c. Consumer surplus is the area in the supply and demand model that is above the market price and below the demand curve. d. Consumer surplus is the area in the supply and demand model that is below the market price and above the demand curve.
The rich receive _____ all property income.
A. nearly B. about one-half of C. about one-quarter of D. a very small percentage of