Resources are efficiently allocated when production occurs at that output level where price:
A. Equals marginal cost
B. Equals marginal revenue
C. Is greatest over average cost
D. Is equal to average total cost
A. Equals marginal cost
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A) Diminishing marginal utility. B) The only way to increase one person's utility is to decrease the other's. C) Diminishing marginal rates of technical substitution. D) The only way to increase output of one good is to decrease output of another.
Refer to the above figure. Suppose the marginal benefit and the marginal cost curves of pollution abatement are normally shaped. Technological change that made it easier to produce in a "cleaner" fashion would cause
A) curve (4 ) to shift out, increasing the optimal amount of pollution abatement. B) curve (3 ) to shift up, raising the marginal benefits and costs and reducing the amount of pollution abatement. C) curve (2 ) to shift out, increasing the optimal amount of pollution abatement. D) curve (1 ) to shift out, increasing the optimal amount of pollution abatement.
A model that sometimes makes incorrect predictions may be used by economic decision makers
a. under no circumstances b. only if its assumptions are detailed and realistic c. if it is mathematical and computerized d. if it is simple enough for a child to understand e. until a better model is developed
An adverse supply shock generally decreases the price level and the real GDP
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false