The majority of evidence points to the fact that, in the last decade in the United States, labor productivity has
A) stayed the same.
B) increased.
C) decreased in the manufacturing sector but increased in the service sector.
D) decreased.
Answer: B) increased.
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The payoff matrix below shows the daily profit for two firms, Row Restaurant and Column Cafe, for two different strategies, publishing coupons in the student paper and not publishing coupons in the student paper. 
If Row Restaurant publishes coupons, Column Cafe would earn the highest profit if it:
A. did not publish coupons. B. chooses either strategy because Column Cafe will have the same profit in either case. C. also published coupons. D. only offered coupons half of the time.
You are the sales manager for a software company and have been informed that the absolute value of the price elasticity of demand for your most popular software is less than 1. To increase total revenues from that product, you should
A. hold the price of the software constant. B. increase the supply of the software. C. increase the price of the software. D. decrease the price of the software.
Daniel enjoys both soda and pizza, allocating his purchases across these two goods so that his utility is maximized. If Daniel receives one-third as much utility from the last can of soda as from the last slice of pizza, we can say that:
a. the price of pizza is one-third that of soda. b. the price of pizza is equal to that of soda c. the price of pizza is twice that of soda. d. the price of pizza is three times that of soda.
What will happen in the market for shotgun-shell ammunition now if buyers expect higher shotgun-shell prices in the near future?
a. The demand for shotgun-shell ammunition will increase. b. The demand for shotgun-shell ammunition will decrease. c. The demand for shotgun-shell ammunition will be unaffected. d. The supply of shotgun-shell ammunition will increase.