Assume there are three hardware stores, each willing to sell one standard model hammer in a given time period. House Depot can offer this hammer for a minimum of $7. Lace Hardware can offer the hammer for a minimum of $10. Bob's Hardware store can offer the hammer at a minimum price of $13.
Given the scenario described, if the market price of hammers was $13, then total producer surplus would be:
A. $9.
B. $30.
C. $17.
D. $7.
A. $9.
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A) $100. B) $525. C) $80. D) $30. E) $25.
When the average product is at its maximum,
A) the marginal product is increasing as output increases. B) the marginal product is negative. C) it is equal to the marginal product. D) total product is also at its maximum. E) total product is at its minimum.
What is meant by the "law of one price"?
A) A law was passed in 1913 that made it illegal to sell the same good or service to different people for different prices. B) This is a section of the Sherman Act that forced trusts (for example, the Standard Oil Company) to charge the same price for the same good or service in different states. C) Foreign companies should not be allowed to sell a product in the United States for prices different from prices these companies charge in other countries. D) Identical products should sell for the same price everywhere.
Between September 2009 and September 2010, the recovery of private inventories, as shown in Figure 19.1, was far stronger than the overall economy's recovery from the Great Recession. Which is the most reasonable inference?
A) Persistently weak aggregate demand gave producers no alternative but to place current output into storage. B) Businesses overestimated the strength of the recovery, which lead to overstocking of inventories. C) Financial constraints had forced businesses to contract inventories by more than they otherwise would have chosen. The period beginning in September 2009 reflects the attempt by businesses to correct this. D) Generally poor weather conditions in the final months of the year in the northern hemisphere make it less costly to store goods than to transport them to consumers.