Suppose oil prices fall temporarily, as oil becomes more plentiful. What impact is this likely to have on the production function, the marginal products of labor and capital, labor demand, employment, and the real wage?
What will be an ideal response?
More output can now be produced by the same amounts of capital and labor, since oil is more abundant and cheaper. The production function shifts upward, with the marginal products of labor and capital rising. Since the marginal product of labor is higher, so is labor demand. As a result of the shift to the right in the labor demand curve, employment rises, as does the real wage.
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The above figure shows the cost curves for a typical firm in a market and three possible market supply curves. If there are 100 identical firms, the market supply curve is best represented by
A) curve A. B) curve B. C) curve C. D) either curve A or B, but definitely not C.
The reduction in private borrowing that is caused by an increase in government borrowing is called:
A. the crowding out effect. B. surplus investment. C. the dissaving effect. D. the savings effect.
Bagels and cream cheese are complementary goods. Suppose that the price for flour, which is used to produce bagels, increases. The equilibrium price of cream cheese ________, and the equilibrium quantity of cream cheese ________
A) does not change; does not change B) falls; decreases C) falls; increases D) rises; increases E) rises; decreases