Suppose the production of cotton causes substantial environmental damage because the pesticides used by cotton farmers often make their way into nearby rivers and streams, and are very harmful to fish and other wildlife. If cotton farmers do not have to pay for the environmental damage caused by the pesticides used to grow cotton, then the market equilibrium price will be ________ and the market equilibrium quantity will be ________.
A. inefficiently low; inefficiently high
B. inefficiently high; inefficiently high
C. inefficiently high; inefficiently low
D. inefficiently low; inefficiently low
Answer: A
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Suppose you are the monopoly owner of a movie theatre. You can allow people to enter the theatre at zero marginal cost, and you can provide popcorn at a constant marginal cost of $0.50 per bag. You have two customers, Larry and Terry, who are identical twins. Larry never buys popcorn under any circumstances. If you charge the monopoly price of $1.00 per bag for popcorn, Terry will buy 2 bags of popcorn and earn $0.50 in consumer's surplus, and you will earn $1.00 in profit from popcorn sales. If you charge the competitive price of $0.50 per bag for popcorn, Terry will buy 4 bags of popcorn and earn $2.00 in consumer's surplus, and you will earn no profit from popcorn sales.
(i) Suppose that Larry is willing to pay up to $8.00 to see the movie and Terry is willing to pay up to $5.00 to see the movie. How much should you charge for admission to the theatre and how much should you charge for popcorn? (ii) Suppose that Larry is willing to pay up to $4.00 to see the movie and Terry is willing to pay up to $5.00 to see the movie. How much should you charge for admission to the theatre and how much should you charge for popcorn?
The increase in the demand for widgets, shown in the figure above, is the result of a decrease in the price of McBoover devices. Therefore
A) widgets and McBoover devices are substitutes. B) widgets and McBoover devices are complements. C) widgets are a normal good. D) McBoover devices are a normal good.
In a competitive labor market, marginal revenue product equals marginal product times the wage rate
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The U.S. merchandise trade balance has been in surplus over the last 20 years
Indicate whether the statement is true or false