Price serves as a
A) rationing device.
B) transmitter of information.
C) means of determining who gets what of the available limited resources and goods.
D) a and b
E) all of the above
E
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Golda Rush quit her job as a manager for Home Depot to start her own hair dressing salon, Goldilocks. She gave up a salary of $40,000 per year, invested her savings of $30,000 (which was earning 5 percent interest) and borrowed $10,000 from a close friend, agreeing to pay 5 percent interest per year. In her first year, Golda spent $18,000 to rent a salon, hired a part-time assistant for $12,000 and incurred another $15,000 in expenses on equipment and hairdressing material. Based on this information, what is the amount of her explicit costs?
A) $45,000 B) $45,500 C) $47,000 D) $87,000
Refer to Table 11-2. What is the marginal product of the 4th worker?
A) 230 bushels B) 57.4 bushels C) 50 bushels D) 12.4 bushels
Max has allocated $100 toward meats for his barbecue. His budget line and an indifference map are shown in the above figure. What happens if Max receives a $100 cash grant to buy either meat or chicken?
A) Max will double his consumption of both meats. B) Max will spend it all on burger. Because of its lower price, he can buy more of it. C) Max will take advantage of the gift by buying all chicken because it is the more expensive meat. D) There is not enough information to answer the question.
If long-run costs are plotted on the vertical axis and the quantity of output is plotted on the horizontal axis, a line that is perfectly horizontal implies:
a. constant returns to scale. b. economies of scale. c. diseconomies of scale. d. inefficient use of capital. e. inefficient use of labor.