As you move down the production possibility frontier, the absolute value of the marginal rate of transformation
A. increases.
B. initially decreases, then increases.
C. decreases.
D. initially increases, then decreases.
Answer: A
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The revealed preference approach can provide more informative comparisons of market baskets if we also assume that the consumer's indifference curves are:
A) concave. B) convex. C) incomplete. D) intransitive.
Constructing plastic containers produces air pollutants. Therefore, in the market for plastic containers,
A) the marginal social cost curve is above and to the right of the demand curve. B) the marginal social cost curve is below and to the left of the demand curve. C) the marginal social cost curve is above and to the left of the supply curve. D) the marginal social cost curve is below and to the right of the supply curve. E) there is a gap between quantity supplied and quantity demanded in equilibrium.
With perfect price discrimination, the firm faces a constant marginal revenue
a. True b. False
Resources are efficiently allocated when production occurs at that point at which
a. marginal cost intersects average variable cost b. price is equal to average revenue c. price is equal to marginal cost d. marginal revenue equals marginal cost e. price is equal to average variable cost