Assuming the market of soda has a regular downward sloping demand curve and upward sloping supply curve, the tax will ________ the price paid by buyers and ________ the price received by sellers
A) decrease; increase
B) decrease; decrease
C) increase; increase
D) increase; decrease
D
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When access to a common property is unrestricted, why does the resulting social gain fail to be as large as possible? How can an entrance fee increase social gain in this situation?
What will be an ideal response?
If the supply curve for housing has the usual positive slope, rent controls are likely to
A. increase the quantity of housing. B. improve the quality of housing. C. aggravate the housing shortage. D. help low-income families find suitable housing. E. increase the demand for housing.
If a firm wants to borrow $10 million and the real interest rate increases from 5 percent to 6 percent, then the cost of the investment has increased by
A) $6 million per year. B) $100,000 per year. C) $1 million per year. D) $600,000 per year. E) nothing because the real interest rate is the return the firm will earn on its investment.
In the long run, a firm should exit when:
A) price is less than average total cost. B) price is equal to average total cost. C) price is equal to marginal cost. D) price is more than marginal cost.