If the wage rate is $10 per hour and the rental rate is $5 per hour, then the vertical intercept of the isocost line
a. is $2.
b. is 50 cents.
c. is $5.
d. can not be determined without more information.
d. can not be determined without more information.
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Starting from long-run equilibrium, a large increase in government purchases will result in a(n) ________ gap in the short-run and ________ inflation and ________ output in the long-run.
A. expansionary; higher; potential B. recessionary; higher; potential C. recessionary; lower; lower D. expansionary; higher; higher
Lauren runs a chili restaurant in San Francisco. Her total revenue last year was $110,000. The rent on her restaurant was $48,000, her labor costs were $42,000, and her materials, food and other variable costs were $20,000
Lauren could have worked as a biologist and earned $50,000 per year. An economist calculates her implicit costs as A) $150,000. B) $63,000. C) $50,000. D) $110,000. E) $0 because Lauren did not work as a biologist.
The combined effect on the loanable funds market of a new technology that increases the marginal physical product of capital and a shift in consumers' expectation of future prices, now expecting they will be lower than they earlier expected, is a(n)
a. increase in the interest rate b. decrease in the interest rate c. decrease in the quantity demanded and quantity supplied of loanable funds but unclear in what direction the interest rate will change d. increase in the quantity demanded and quantity supplied of loanable funds but unclear in what direction the interest rate will change e. shift in the demand curve to the left and the supply curve of loanable funds to the right
The current account balance is equal to
A. Trade balance + services balance - capital account balance. B. Total payments made by residents of the United States to foreigners plus total payments made by foreigners to residents of the United States. C .Trade balance + unilateral transfers. D. Trade balance + services balance + capital account balance.