At the short-run break-even point, the perfectly competitive firm is
A) earning positive economic profits.
B) earning zero economic profits.
C) earning negative economic profits.
D) just covering its total variable costs.
Answer: B
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The above figure represents a restaurant operating in monopolistic competition
a. What is the profit-maximizing level of output? b. What price will the firm charge? c. What is the firm's profit (or loss)? d. Is this a long-run equilibrium? Why or why not? e. Is this firm producing its efficient scale of output?
The Yankee Candle Company, in Hatfield, Massachusetts, makes thousands of scented candles each day. The factory emits the odor of the candles it produces, some of which smell quite nice. On days when they make strawberry candles the townspeople really enjoy the smell. On days when they make potpourri scented candles, people close their windows and don't go outside. What can we infer about the
scented candle market? a. b and c. b. Strawberry candles are more expensive than is socially optimum. c. Potpourri candles are priced too low to be socially optimum. d. Candle production generates only negative externalities. e. Candle production technologies are inefficient.
_____ gives the slope of an isocost line where labor (L) and capital (K) are the two inputs measured on the X and Y axes respectively
a. The ratio of the marginal product of capital to the marginal product of labor, with a negative sign, b. The ratio of price of labor to the price of capital, with a negative sign, c. The ratio of the price of capital to the price of labor d. The ratio of the marginal product of labor to the marginal product of capital
To economists, the term utility refers to the
a. usefulness of a good in relation to its scarcity b. necessity of a good c. ratio of marginal utility of a good to its price d. quantity of goods a consumer has in reserve, meaning goods unconsumed e. benefit or satisfaction a consumer receives consuming a good