If we compare the Baby Boom generation of workers to the number of workers who came before and will come after them, we realize that, all other things equal, the Baby Boomer's labor:
A. supply will be relatively greater at any wage.
B. supply will be relatively lower at any wage.
C. demand will be relatively greater at any wage.
D. demand will be relatively lower at any wage.
A. supply will be relatively greater at any wage.
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Pennsylvania's largest grower of fresh-to-market tomatoes announced in March 2009 he will no longer produce the crop because he can't find enough workers to harvest it. Though his tomato pickers made an average of $16
59 per hour last year, he said the relatively high wage is not enough to attract local labor to work the fields. In the market for tomato workers, what is TRUE? A) $16.59 is above the equilibrium wage rate B) $16.59 is the equilibrium wage rate C) $16.59 is below the equilibrium wage rate D) Cannot determine where the equilibrium wage rate is in comparison to $16.59 without more information.
Refer to Table 15-1. What is the firm's profit-maximizing output and what is the price charged to sell this output?
A) P = $65; Q = 14 B) P = $70; Q = 13 C) P = $80; Q = 11 D) P = $85; Q = 10
The production function is concave in capital because
A) the contribution to production of each additional unit of capital decreases. B) the marginal product of capital is increasing. C) the marginal product of labor is decreasing. D) the cost of loans increases with their quantity.
Why do short-run profits in a perfectly competitive industry tend to disappear over time?