Diminishing returns along a production function means that each additional hour of labor employed
A) produces a successively smaller additional amount of real GDP.
B) produces a successively larger additional amount of real GDP.
C) produces a constant additional amount of real GDP.
D) does not produce any additional real GDP.
E) forces the real wage rate to rise.
A
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Kelly graduates and her income increases by $25,000 a year. Other things remaining the same, she increases the quantity of clothes she buys. For Kelly, clothes are ________
A) an inferior good B) a normal good C) a substitute good D) a complement good
Based on the data in the above table, the product exhibits
A) external benefits. B) external costs. C) no externalities. D) increasing returns.
The marginal benefit from pollution abatement
A) increases as pollution abatement increases because people learn to want an even cleaner environment as the environment gets cleaner. B) decreases as pollution abatement increases because of the law of diminishing marginal product. C) is constant as pollution abatement increases because pollution abatement is valued for its own sake and not for the utility it provides. D) decreases as pollution abatement increases because of the law of diminishing marginal utility.
The proportion of domestic demand for a good that is satisfied by domestic production relative to that supplied by imports is determined by:
a. the interplay of domestic demand and supply curves and the domestic equilibrium price of the good. b. the interplay of demand and supply curves in the international market and the international equilibrium price of a good. c. the interplay of domestic supply and demand curves and the international equilibrium price of a good. d. the different trade restrictions like tariffs and quotas created by the domestic government. e. the interplay of demand and supply curves in the international market and the domestic price of the good