During the last two decades, the number of women preparing for careers as professionals has ____, and the proportion of those completing college degrees has ____
a. increased; decreased
b. increased; increased
c. decreased; decreased
d. decreased; increased
B
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Long-run economic rent or profit do not exist for fixed factors like land because
A) bidding drives up the price of the factor until no economic rent exists. B) there is no market for such factors. C) these factors have L-shaped isoquants. D) these factors will earn economic profits.
A leading environmental group recently published a report contending that humans are running a "resource deficit" because we are using natural resources faster than they can be regenerated. The group claims that this means that economic growth will eventually stop, and will even be reversed. An economist would
a. agree with the report, and would point to rising natural resource prices as evidence. b. agree with the report, but wouldn't think it was important because growth will not slow down for several centuries. c. disagree with the report, in part because it ignores the mitigating effects of technological change. d. disagree with the report because labor and capital are the primary determinants of growth, and since they are plentiful, growth will not slow down.
When the price of the same product varies by locational attributes, it is an example of:
A) predatory pricing. B) first-degree price discrimination. C) second-degree price discrimination. D) third-degree price discrimination.
Refer to Figure 4-4. What is the value of producer surplus at a price of $18?
A) $240 B) $300 C) $340 D) $720