Suppose Sun Bakery sells cupcakes and buns, using various equipment and labor to make and deliver its products. Which of the following costs is a fixed cost for Sun Bakery?
a. The money paid to buy cupcake liners and flour
b. The money paid to provide health benefits to the staff
c. The money paid to workers as wages
d. The money paid to pay back the loan taken to purchase commercial-grade ovens
d
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Because a bank pays a lower interest rate on deposits than it charges on loans, it cannot fail
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Assume that the expectation of a recession next year causes business investments and household consumption to fall, as well as the financing to support it. If the nation has low mobility international capital markets and a fixed exchange rate system, what happens to the GDP Price Index and net nonreserve international borrowing/lending balance in the context of the Three-Sector-Model? a. The GDP
Price Index falls and net nonreserve international borrowing/lending balance becomes more negative (or less positive). b. The GDP Price Index rises and net nonreserve international borrowing/lending balance becomes more negative (or less positive). c. The GDP Price Index falls and net nonreserve international borrowing/lending balance becomes more positive (or less negative). d. The GDP Price Index and net nonreserve international borrowing/lending balance remain the same. e. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables.
All solutions to market failures in markets for public goods or common resources:
A. try to force the internalization of externalities. B. are not perfect, and total surplus cannot be maximized in these markets. C. need to be accepted by the affected parties to be effective. D. must be provided by the government.
Suppose that land is specific to agriculture, capital is specific to manufacturing, and labor is mobile between sectors. According to the specificfactors model, if this country begins importing manufactured goods, which factor will experience the highest unemployment?
a. Labor b. Capital c. Land d. No factors will experience unemployment.