The price of a large pepperoni pizza used to be $12, but this week the price rose to $18. With a budget of just $28, you can't afford as many pizzas at the higher price. This change in consumer behavior reflects the
A) real income effect.
B) substitution effect.
C) nominal income effect.
D) concept of diminishing marginal utility.
Answer: A
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Under a marginal cost pricing rule, a regulated natural monopoly
A) makes a positive economic profit and there is a deadweight loss. B) makes zero economic profit and there is no deadweight loss. C) incurs an economic loss and there is a deadweight loss. D) incurs an economic loss and there is no deadweight loss.
In economic terms, tariffs are preferred to quotas because
A) domestic manufacturers gain more producer surplus. B) there is less loss of consumer surplus. C) tariffs are easier to administer. D) quotas create a greater production inefficiency. E) given the way quotas are usually administered, tariffs cause a smaller net national welfare loss.
In order to fit linear supply and demand curves to data, we need to find the parameters, a, b, c, and d, of the corresponding functions.
A.One procedure for finding those values uses the known values of: the price elasticity of demand and supply and the income elasticity of demand. B. the price and quantity of equilibrium and the elasticities of supply and demand. C. any two known values of price and quantity and income elasticity of demand. D. the demand equation and income elasticity of demand.
In general, a nation can enjoy a higher standard of living by ________ than by being self sufficient.
A. increasing its versatility B. taxing imported goods C. avoiding trade with other nations D. specialization and trading