Which of the following is true?
a. A person's wage or salary is his or her opportunity cost of leisure

b. Any time that is spent working for a paid job is known as the time spent in leisure.
c. An individual's decision to work in a low paying job or a high paying job is known as the labor-leisure tradeoff.
d. A person who works more also always get to enjoy more leisure time.
e. If an individual labor supply curve bends backward at some high wage, then the market supply curve also bends backward.


a

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Once ABC Corp sells shares of stock to the public, the stock's price tends to

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A production possibilities curve illustrates:

A. scarcity. B. market prices. C. consumer preferences. D. the distribution of income.

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The marginal factor cost of a monopsonist is

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