What is the law of diminishing returns? Why does marginal product eventually diminish?
What will be an ideal response?
The law of diminishing returns states that as a firm uses more of a variable factor of production with a given quantity of fixed factors of production, the marginal product of the variable factor eventually diminishes. Diminishing marginal returns arises from the fact that ever more workers are using the same capital and working in the same space.
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A disadvantage of unit excise taxes is they create the incentive _____
a. for producers to favor smaller products over larger products b. for producers to favor expensive products over inexpensive products c. for buyers to purchase more of the good then they otherwise would d. for buyers to shift to substitute goods with ad valorem excise taxes
The steeper the labor supply curve,
A) the higher the wage the monopsonist pays. B) the lower the wage the monopsonist pays. C) the smaller the difference between the wage and the marginal expenditure on labor. D) the better off workers are.
Which of the following is true?
a. Poor countries are unable to ignite the growth process unless they receive financial aid from richer countries. b. Countries that fail to adopt institutions and policies supportive of trade, entrepreneurial discovery, and private investment will remain poor in the foreseeable future. c. Countries that lack an abundance of natural resources have been unable to grow and achieve high income levels. d. Countries with a large population relative to their land area are destined to remain poor.
Our economy is always tending towards full employment according to
A. John Maynard Keynes. B. the classical economists. C. both Keynes and the classicals. D. neither Keynes nor the classicals.