A perfectly competitive firm can sell as large a quantity as it wishes, so long as it accepts the prevailing market price

a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false


True

Economics

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From 1991 until 2001, the United States was in a period of

A) business cycle peaks. B) expansion. C) recession. D) business cycle troughs.

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Refer to the given figure and assumptions. Assume initially that government does not effectively block illegal immigration. If the government then finds a way to prevent all illegal immigrants from working in this labor market:



(1) Employers in this market are willing and able to ignore minimum wage laws;
(2) S d represents the supply of domestic-born (and legal immigrant) workers; (3) S t represents
the total supply of workers in this labor market (S d plus illegal immigrants); and (4) unless
otherwise stated, illegal immigration is not effectively blocked by the government.

A.  100,000 domestic-born workers will gain employment at the expense of 200,000 illegal
immigrants.
B.  200,000 domestic-born workers will gain employment at the expense of 200,000 illegal
immigrants.
C.  100,000 domestic-born workers will gain employment at the expense of 250,000 illegal
immigrants.
D.  100,000 domestic-born workers will gain employment at the expense of 100,000 illegal
immigrants.

Economics

When the good on the horizontal axis is a composite good, the slope of the budget constraint is minus the price of the good on the vertical axis.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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In Barylia, Greenaqua Corp . is the sole controller of a resource required for the production of bottled drinking water. Therefore, Greenaqua Corp . enjoys:

A) legal market power. B) natural market power. C) regulated market power. D) restricted market power.

Economics