Refer to the information in Figure 16.5 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
?Figure 16.5Figure 16.5 shows the marginal benefits of emitting pollution for the only two chemical companies in an industry, Alpha Chemicals and Beta Chemicals. Before any tax on pollution emissions is imposed, each company views pollution as being free.Refer to Figure 16.5. Suppose that instead of a tax, the government uses standards to achieve the emission reductions, requiring that each company cut its original emissions in half rather than allowing each company to choose emissions based on their costs. Compared to the situation under the tax, Alpha would ________ and
Beta would ________.
A. have to further reduce emissions; have to further reduce emissions
B. be able to increase emissions; have to further reduce emissions
C. be able to increase emissions; be able to increase emissions
D. have to further reduce emissions; be able to increase emissions
Answer: B
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A. 800. B. 2,000. C. 37,000. D. 3,000.
If velocity is equal to 6, and the quantity of money is $50 billion, according to the equation of exchange, nominal GDP is equal to
A) $300 billion. B) $150 billion. C) $18 billion. D) $8.3 billion. E) $56 billion.
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A) a monopoly. B) an oligopoly because a few other firms provide delivery of letters and packages. C) perfect competition because consumers have access to other methods of written communication; for example, email and text messaging. D) monopolistic competition, because mail delivery is a differentiated product provided by many firms.
Describe what the liquidity trap is. Explain how it can be problematic for monetary policymakers
What will be an ideal response?