Which of the following is a question answered with normative economic reasoning?
A. If the college offers free textbooks for students, will more students read their textbooks?
B. If the college provided less financial aid for out-of-state students, would more in-state students benefit?
C. If the college increased its enrollment requirements, would class size decline?
D. Should the college increase tuition to fund its athletic programs?
Answer: D
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Marginal cost is equal to
A) the total cost of a firm's production. B) total cost minus fixed cost. C) a cost that is not related to the quantity produced. D) the change in total cost that results from a one-unit increase in output. E) the change in fixed cost that results from a one-unit increase in output.
If the government subsidizes an activity it believes is generates a positive externality and it really only produces an inframarginal positive externality then the subsidization will result in an overproduction of the activity in question
a. True b. False
Which of the following statements is not consistent with the "environmental explanation" of wage and productivity?
a. "Women are more likely than men to leave the labor force to care for children and hence acquire less work experience than do men." b. "Blacks and other minorities do not receive, on average, the same quality of education as whites." c. "Boys are more likely than girls to receive moral and financial support from their families to attend college." d. "Employers discriminate systematically against blacks and women."
An economist might say that people choose not to get a college degree because they may have to borrow money to go to college, and the interest they have to pay on that loan in the future will affect their decisions today. This is an example of which kind of statement?
a. positive statement b. normative statement c. trade-off statement d. allocative statement