The theory of comparative advantage suggests that nations should produce a good if they:
a. have the lowest opportunity cost.
b. have the lowest wages.
c. have the most resources.
d. can produce more of the good than any other nation.
a
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Burger King is paying $9 an hour to its workers. If the expected inflation rate equals the actual inflation rate and both are 10 percent a year, then to keep the real wage rate constant in a year the money wage rate must
A) fall to $8.10 an hour. B) rise to $9.45 an hour. C) rise to $10.00 an hour. D) rise to $9.90 an hour. E) stay at $9.00 an hour.
Refer to Figure 18-1. Currency speculators believe that the value of the euro will increase relative to the dollar. Assuming all else remains constant, how would this be represented?
A) Supply would increase, demand would decrease and the economy moves from C to B to A. B) Supply would decrease, demand would decrease and the economy moves from B to C to D. C) Supply would decrease, demand would increase and the economy moves from A to D to C. D) Supply would increase, demand would increase and the economy moves from D to A to B.
In the presence of a negative externality
a. the market solution is efficient, but the market price is too high b. the market price is efficient, but the corresponding quantity is inefficient c. the market solution results in too little output being produced d. the efficient outcome is determined where the marginal social cost and market demand curves intersect e. the efficient outcome is determined where the marginal cost and market supply curves intersect
Efficiency-wage theory suggests that paying
a. low wages might be profitable because they raise the efficiency of a firm's workers. b. low wages might be profitable because they lower the efficiency of a firm's workers. c. high wages might be profitable because they raise the efficiency of a firm's workers. d. high wages might be profitable because they lower the efficiency of a firm's workers.