A payment for the use of an input that exceeds the opportunity cost of the input is known as
A) real interest.
B) economic profit.
C) economic rent.
D) economic cost.
Answer: C
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A) 7 burgers B) 6 burgers C) 5 burgers D) 3 burgers
Refer to the information provided in Figure 5.7 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
Figure 5.7The above figure represents the market for pumpkins both before and after the imposition of an excise tax, which is represented by the shift of the supply curve.Refer to Figure 5.7. Had the demand for pumpkins been perfectly inelastic at Point A, the amount store owners would have received per pumpkin after the imposition and payment of this tax would have been
A. $3.00. B. $5.50. C. $7.25. D. $8.50.
Suppose there are two economies, Alpha and Beta, that have the same production possibilities frontiers. If Beta devotes more resources to produce capital goods than consumer goods as compared to Alpha, then in the future
A. Beta will experience greater economic growth than Alpha. B. Alpha will not be able to achieve full employment or productive efficiency. C. Alpha will experience greater economic growth than Beta. D. Beta will not be able to achieve full employment or productive efficiency.
In the figure above, curve C is the ________ curve
A) average fixed cost B) average variable cost C) average total cost D) marginal cost