Refer to the information provided in Figure 2.5 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
Figure 2.5Refer to Figure 2.5. The economy is currently at Point A. The opportunity cost of moving from Point A to Point B is the
A. 30 LCD televisions that must be forgone to produce 60 additional OLED televisions.
B. 90 LCD televisions that must be forgone to produce 20 additional OLED televisions.
C. 30 LCD televisions that must be forgone to produce 20 additional OLED televisions.
D. 120 LCD televisions that must be forgone to produce 40 additional OLED televisions.
Answer: C
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Research has shown that most economic profits from selling a prescription drug are eliminated 20 years after the drug is first offered for sale. The main reason for the elimination of profits is
A) firms sell their patent rights to other firms so that they can concentrate on finding drugs to treat new illnesses. B) after 20 years patent protection is ended and other firms can produce less-expensive generic versions of the drug. C) the quantity demanded of the drug has increased enough that the demand becomes inelastic and revenue falls. D) after 20 years most people who have taken the drug have passed away or are cured of the illness the drug was intended to treat.
As long as the discount rate is ________ the interest rate on a loan, the present value of the cost of an investment equals the initial cost of the investment.
A) equal to B) less than C) exactly double D) greater than
Brian is paid monthly and typically takes $500 of his pay in cash to spend throughout the month, and the rest he leaves in an interest-bearing checking account. With the recent inflation, Brian finds it necessary to go to the bank every week, withdrawing $125 each time, so that his money can earn interest for as long as it can before Brian needs to withdraw it. The added hassle of going to the bank more often in response to inflation is called a:
A. tax distortion. B. transactions cost. C. shoe-leather cost. D. menu cost.
An externality occurs whenever
A) private costs are the same as social costs. B) private costs are the same as internal costs. C) private costs diverge from social costs. D) private costs plus internal costs equal social costs.