Education is an example of a positive externality.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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The identity stating that the total amount spent on final output equals the amount received for final output is known as the
A) equation of exchange. B) circular flow identity. C) identity equation. D) fundamental law of economics.
The price of one currency in terms of another country's currency is known as the
A) nominal exchange rate. B) real exchange rate. C) relative inflation rate. D) purchasing power parity rate.
A paper company dumps nondegradable waste into a river that flows by the firm's plant. The firm estimates its production function to be:
Q = 6KP, where Q = annual paper production measured in pounds, K = machine hours of capital, and P = gallons of polluted water dumped into the river per year. The firm currently faces no environmental regulation in dumping waste into the river. Without regulation, it costs the firm $7.50 per gallon dumped. The firm estimates a $30 per hour rental rate on capital. The firm produces 600 million pounds of paper per year. For this problem, consider the long-run production of output. a. Determine the firm's optimal ratio of wastewater to capital. b. Given the firm's output of 600 million lbs, how much capital and wastewater should the firm employ? c. How much will it cost the firm to produce the 600 million lbs of paper? d. The state environmental protection agency plans to impose a $7.50 fee for each gallon that is dumped (this is in addition to the current cost of $7.50). Assuming that the firm intends to maintain its same output level, how much capital and wastewater should the firm employ? e. How much will the firm pay in fees? What happens to the firm's cost as a result of the fee?
Changing the units of measurement, e.g. measuring testscores in 100s, will do all of the following EXCEPT for changing the
A) residuals B) numerical value of the slope estimate C) interpretation of the effect that a change in X has on the change in Y D) numerical value of the intercept