A risk-averse manager is hired to run a firm for shareholders. If shareholders cannot observe the manager's effort, which would be the best employment contract?
a. a high-powered incentive contract to elicit maximum effort.
b. a fixed salary.
c. a moderately powered incentive scheme that elicits some effort without exposing the manager to too much risk.
d. an incentive scheme that provides maximum incentives and maximum insurance.
c
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At the Punjab Bakery, two workers can decorate 14 cakes in an hour and three workers can decorate 18 cakes in an hour. The marginal product of the third worker is
A) 18 cakes, and the average product for three workers is 6 cakes. B) 9 cakes and is equal to the average product. C) 4 cakes, and the average product for three workers is 6 cakes. D) 32 cakes, and the average product for three workers is 9 cakes. E) 6 cakes, and the average product for three workers is also 6 cakes.
Moving upward along an LM curve, ________ quantity of real money balances is equally demanded as higher real incomes are accompanied by ________ interest rates
A) an increasing, rising B) an increasing, falling C) a decreasing, falling D) a constant, rising E) a constant, falling
The balance of payments is an accounting statement known as a:
a. trial balance. b. depreciation account. c. balance sheet. d. trade account. e. reconciliation statement.
The optimal number of workers for a perfectly competitive firm to hire occurs when
A. diminishing marginal productivity is first experienced. B. the wage rate equals the marginal product of the last worker. C. the wage rate equals the value of marginal product of the last worker. D. total labor cost equals total revenue.