Firms pay efficiency wages because these wages:
A. increase worker productivity.
B. maximize short-run profits.
C. increase worker rivalry.
D. minimize short-run costs.
Answer: A
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The deadweight loss generated by a perfect-price-discriminating monopoly
A) equals the deadweight loss of a single-price monopoly. B) is greater than the deadweight loss of a single-price monopoly. C) equals zero. D) equals the sum of all lost consumer surplus.
If the marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is 0.75 and if policy makers wish to increase real GDP by $300 million to fight a recession, then by how much would taxes have to change?
a. -$30 million b. -$50 million c. -100 million d. -300 million
Which of the following is an implicit cost to Mondo Manufacturing, Inc? a. Payments of wages to its office workers
b. Property taxes. c. Depreciation charges on company owned automobiles and trucks. d. Rent paid for the use of equipment.
In the above figure, if the natural monopoly is regulated using a marginal cost pricing rule, then the firm will
A) produce 8 million units and make an economic profit of $24 million. B) produce 12 million units and make zero economic profit. C) produce 16 million units and incur an economic loss of $64 million. D) produce 16 million units and make zero economic profit.