A profit-maximizing firm will shut down in the short run when
a. price is less than average variable cost.
b. price is less than average total cost.
c. average revenue is greater than marginal cost.
d. average revenue is greater than average fixed cost.
a
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Which of the following is not a factor of production?
A. Money B. Labor C. Capital D. Entrepreneur
The perfectly competitive seller's short-run supply curve is
A) its entire marginal cost curve. B) its marginal revenue curve. C) the part of its marginal cost curve above the average variable cost curve. D) the part of its marginal cost curve above the average total cost curve.
Identify the type of merger in each of the following situations and indicate how the post-merger concentration ratio for the industry is affected
a. A steel company merges with a coal and iron ore mining company.b. Staples, a retailer of office supplies, acquires Office Depot, another retailer of office supplies.c. An oil company merges with pipeline, shipping, and railroad companies as well as refineries and gas stations.
If country A has a higher opportunity cost in producing good X than does country B, then we know that
A. country B has an absolute advantage in the production of product X. B. country B has a comparative advantage in the production of product X. C. country A has an absolute advantage in the production of product X. D. country A has a comparative advantage in the production of product X.