Average cost regulation of a natural monopoly does not involve:
a. production at a socially inefficient level of output
b. a tendency for average total cost curves to shift upward over time.
c. a subsidy.
d. production at the output level at which demand intersects the average total cost curve.
c
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The owner of a scenic waterfall is trying to decide whether to rent the site to a manufacturing firm as an industrial power source or to rent it to a recreational association, which would turn the site into a park and campground
Which of the following statements is true? A) An increase in the price of fossil fuels will increase the cost of renting it to the recreation association. B) Social welfare is maximized when the owner rents to the higher bidder. C) The cost to the owner of renting to one or the other depends entirely upon the owner's preferences between economic growth and recreational facilities. D) The owner can choose without regard to cost because the site is a free natural resource. E) The owner can choose without regard to cost insofar as the waterfall is privately owned.
The major factor contributing to the depreciation of the dollar in 2007-2008 was:
A) higher U.S. interest rates resulting in lower capital outflows. B) lower U.S. interest rates resulting in higher capital outflows. C) higher U.S. interest rates resulting in higher capital outflows. D) lower U.S. interest rates resulting in lower capital outflows.
The reason that differences in economic growth rates are important in the long run is that
A) growth compounds over time. B) population naturally shrinks in most countries. C) real GDP usually drops when adjusted for inflation. D) nominal GDP typically increases faster than real GDP.
Which of the following is true about location rents? a. They are illegal in many inner-city locations. b. They are found by taking the shaded area below the transport cost curve. c. They arise from differential costs in transporting food to the marketplace. d. They arise when the MRP is lower than the cost of transporting food to the marketplace
e. They would not exist if all land were of similar quality.