Using 100 workers and 10 machines, a firm can produce 10,000 units of output; using 250 workers and 25 machines, the firm produces 21,000 units of output. These facts are best explained by:
A. economies of scope.
B. economies of scale.
C. diminishing marginal productivity.
D. diseconomies of scale.
Answer: D
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A monopoly occurs when
A) each of many firms produces a product that is slightly different from that of the other firms. B) one firm sells a good that has no close substitutes and a barrier blocks entry for other firms. C) there are many firms producing the same product. D) a few firms control the market. E) one firm is larger than the many other firms that make an identical product.
According to the text, because people in an urban-industrial society will always disagree to some extent about who ought to have which rights,
A) it is unreasonable to expect negative externalities to be completely eliminated. B) negative externalities cannot be reduced without government coercion. C) negative externalities should not be thought of as the consequence of disagreement over property rights. D) there is no point in discussing the matter. E) we must depend upon government to decide exactly what should be prohibited or commanded.
What are the flows in the market economy that go from firms to households and the flows from households to firms?
What will be an ideal response?
To arbitrage a price difference between two markets, you should:
A) sell in the low-price market and buy in the high-price market. B) buy in the low-price market and sell in the high-price market. C) sell in both markets to capture a lower average "market price." D) none of the above