Assume that a perfectly competitive firm faces a fixed wage rate of $4 and a constant per-unit cost of capital of $2. If the marginal product of labor and capital are 16 and 6, respectively, then to maximize profits the firm should
A. use relatively less labor.
B. increase all inputs proportionately.
C. decrease all inputs proportionately.
D. use relatively more labor.
Answer: D
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A) search costs. B) collectivization costs. C) negotiation costs. D) monitoring and enforcement costs.
Which of the following statements would Milton Friedman disagree with?
A) Monetary policy has few short-run effects on the real economy. B) In the long run, changes in the money supply primarily affect the price level. C) In practice, there is little scope for using monetary policy actively to smooth out business cycles. D) The Federal Reserve cannot be relied on to effectively smooth out business cycles.
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A) explicit costs. B) implicit costs. C) fixed costs. D) variable costs.
Assume that a one-year Malaysian bond yields 10 percent interest and that the dollar return on maturity is 5 percent. If the exchange rate at maturity is $1 = MYR 4.00 (Malaysian ringgit), what was the exchange rate at the time the bond was purchased?
a. $1 = MYR 4.2 b. $1 = MYR 3.8 c. $1 = MYR 3.6 d. MYR 1 = $0.26 e. MYR 1 = $0.4