Figure 5.3 presents a firm's marginal cost, average total cost, and average variable cost curves. The firm minimizes average total costs by producing ________ units.
A. 50
B. 100
C. 150
D. 200
Answer: C
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If MSC = 20 + 0.75A, where MSC is in millions of dollars, and A is the percentage of mercury emissions abatement, then
a. the total social costs of abatement equal $184 million when A is 8 percent b. the TSC at an abatement level of 10 percent is $27.5 million c. a 40 percent abatement level is associated with MSC of $30 million and TSC of 20 million d. TSC cannot be determined at any abatement level
Recall the text's discussion of the ten largest U.S. industries by value added in 1860 and 1910 . The emergence of tobacco products and malt liquors as major industries by 1910 suggests that
a. these goods are highly income elastic. b. these goods are highly income inelastic. c. these goods are price inelastic. d. these goods exhibit economies of scale in production.
Market failure can be caused by
a. low consumer demand. b. equilibrium prices. c. externalities and market power. d. high prices and foreign competition.
Based on the graph showing how the subprime share of home mortgages grew rapidly before the big decline, at the peak of the use of subprime loans in 2005, the gap between the share of subprime mortgages and adjustable mortgage rates was ______ the typical historical difference.
a. perfectly in line with
b. slightly smaller than
c. slightly greater than
d. dramatically greater than