A transaction between A and B benefits both parties by 50, but imposes a cost on C of 20. C has the right to prevent the transaction. A "coordination failure" in this situation
A) is the cost imposed on C.
B) is the ability of C to prevent a transaction that still has a net overall gain of 80.
C) would occur if A and B do not compensate C by 20 or more to allow the transaction.
D) is that the cost to C is not 100.
C
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Monopolies are inefficient because, at the profit-maximizing output level,
A) MC = MR. B) MC does not equal MR. C) MB = MC. D) MB does not equal MC. E) P = ATC.
The figure above shows the U.S. supply of labor curve. What was the affect of the decline in birth rates during the 1960s and 1970s on the supply of labor curve in the 1980s?
A) a rightward shift of the supply of labor curve B) the supply of labor curve became steeper C) a movement downward along the supply of labor curve from a point such as A to a point such as B D) a leftward shift of the supply of labor curve E) None of the above answers is correct because there was no change in the supply of labor curve.
Suppose that you know a good is a normal good for a consumer. Which of the following can you then conclude to be true:
A. The own-price elasticity of demand is less than -1. B. The income elasticity of demand is greater than 0. C. The own-price elasticity of demand is greater than -1. D. The income elasticity of demand is less than 0. E. Both (a) and (b). F. Both (a) and (d). G. Both (b) and (c). H. None of the above.
Cutting the money supply by one-third is predicted by the quantity theory of money to cause
A) a sharp decline in real output of one-third in the short run, and a fall in the price level by one-third in the long run. B) a decline in real output by one-third. C) a decline in output by one-sixth, and a decline in the price level of one-sixth. D) a decline in the price level by one-third.