Suppose the price of a product is less than its average variable cost. When the firm's fixed obligations are completely ended, it will now most likely:
a. make an economic profit.
b. go out of business.
c. expand to a bigger operation.
d. continue to be shut down.
e. break even.
b
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Banks act as financial intermediaries by: a. bringing together car buyers and auto dealers
b. bringing together real estate brokers and home buyers. c. printing money for all to use. d. serving the credit needs of borrowers and the security needs of savers. e. selling shares of stock to investors.
One of the negative impacts of export subsidy is that:
a. the price of the domestic good increases in the world market. b. the domestic supply of the goods increases more than proportionately than increase in demand. c. the domestic cost of production of the exportable increase. d. it results in a general deflation and hence the domestic producers incur losses. e. the domestic consumers are harmed as the subsidies are financed by taxing them.
If a market situation is an example of a prisoners’ dilemma, society can benefit by preventing the firms in the market from cooperating with each other.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Price ceilings are never binding when set above the equilibrium price
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false