The above figure shows Jane's budget line and two of her indifference curves. If the price of a lobster dinner falls so that Jane can now purchase the combination represented by Point B, Jane would experience
A) an increase in the opportunity cost of a lobster dinner.
B) no change in her marginal rate of substitution.
C) an income and a substitution effect.
D) Both answers B and C are correct.
C
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Prices of smartphones (assume that this is a normal good) have fallen in recent years. Over this same period, the price of the components used to produce smartphones has also fallen and consumer incomes have risen
Which of the following best explains the falling prices of smartphones? A) The supply curve for smartphones has shifted to the right while the demand curve for smartphones has shifted to the left. B) The supply curve for smartphones has shifted to the right more than the demand curve has shifted to the right. C) The demand curve and the supply curve for smartphones have both shifted to the left. D) The demand curve for smartphones has shifted to the right more than the supply curve has shifted to the right.
How would each of the following events affect the level of employment and the real wage rate? Explain which curves in the labor market diagram would be affected and show your work
(a) The stock market falls sharply. (b) A war destroys a substantial amount of a country's physical capital. (c) A new law reduces immigration of workers into the country.
"The government should levy higher taxes on the rich and use the additional revenues to provide better housing for the poor." This statement illustrates: a. the fallacy of composition
b. the basic principle of economics. c. a normative economic statement. d. a positive economic statement.
Reasons for diseconomies of scale include: