Refer to Figure 10-2. When the price of ice cream cones increases from $2 to $3, quantity demanded decreases from 4 ice cream cones to 3 ice cream cones. This change in quantity demanded is due to
A) the fact that marginal willingness to pay falls. B) the price and output effects.
C) the law of diminishing marginal utility. D) the income and substitution effects.
D
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Are the wages of the pilots marginal costs or sunk costs to an airline trying to decide whether to add a late-night flight from Seattle to San Francisco? They are
A) marginal costs because pilots are indispensable to the flight. B) sunk costs if the pilots will receive no additional compensation for the flight. C) marginal costs because they will be paid after the flight rather than before. D) sunk costs because pilots' wage rates are determined by a contract already existing.
First, define nominal GDP and real GDP. Second, is it possible for nominal GDP in a year to be less than real GDP in the same year? Explain
What will be an ideal response?
According to economists, when two people make exactly the opposite decision
A. one of them is acting out of spite. B. one of them should compromise. C. one of them is acting irrationally. D. each person evaluates the situation according to his/her individual self-interest.
In the dominant firm model as evidenced by the production of iPods by Apple, the entrance of the competitive fringe firms has what effect on the dominant firm?
A) Its price is lower, but it produces more output. B) Its price is lower, and it produces less output. C) Its price is the same, but it produces less output. D) Its price is higher, but it produces more output.