If pollutants from smoke stacks in a city such as Newark causes people to paint their homes and cars more frequently, this implies
A. external costs on home and car owners.
B. external benefits to the home and car owners.
C. internal cost to home and car owners.
D. none of these.
Answer: A
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Ben's Peanut Shoppe suffers a short-run loss. Ben will not choose to shut down if
A) his Shoppe's total revenue exceeds his capital costs. B) his Shoppe's total revenue exceeds his implicit costs. C) his Shoppe's total revenue exceeds his fixed cost. D) his Shoppe's total revenue exceeds his variable cost.
A consumer values a car at $30,000 and a producer values the same car at $20,000 . If the transaction is completed at $24,000 . what level of sales tax will result in unconsummated transaction?
a. 0% b. 25% c. 20% d. 40%
Which of the following statements is true with respect to a tariff on imported cheese?
a. It lowers the price of cheese. b. It lowers domestic cheese producers' profits. c. It creates tax revenues for the government. d. It cannot result in retaliation. e. It increases the amount of foreign cheese sold.
When price is the rationing criterion, individuals have a strong incentive to
a. ignore the wishes of others when making decisions about how to use their resources. b. provide services to others in exchange for income. c. avoid exchanges because in every exchange there will be one person who gains and another who loses. d. substitute promises for the consistent delivery of a quality product.