In the figure above, S is the supply curve and D is the demand curve in the unregulated, competitive market for gasoline in Motorland. The external cost of gasoline is constant at $1.50 per gallon
The unregulated, competitive market for gasoline in Motorland A) produces the efficient quantity of gasoline.
B) overproduces by 0.2 million gallons of gasoline a month.
C) underproduces by 0.1 million gallons of gasoline a month.
D) overproduces by 0.1 million gallons of gasoline a month.
D
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One benefit of monopolistic competition over perfect competition is
A) economic profit. B) product variety. C) excess capacity. D) efficiency.
Refer to Figure 13-18. The diagram demonstrates that
A) in the long run, the monopolistic competitor produces the minimum-cost output level, Qa, but in the short run its output of Qb is not cost minimizing. B) it is possible for a monopolistic competitor to produce the productively efficient output level, Qa, if it is willing to lower its price from Pb to Pa. C) in the short run, the monopolistic competitor produces an output Qb but in the long run after it adjusts its capacity, it will produce the allocatively efficient output, Qa. D) it is not possible for a monopolistic competitor to produce the productively efficient output level, Qa, because of product differentiation.
The price elasticity of demand for gasoline is 0.27 and for wine is 2.9 . If the government had the choice of taxing only one, which of the following should it choose?
a. tax gasoline b. tax wine c. tax neither, but raise the price elasticity of demand for each d. tax neither, but lower the price elasticity of demand for each e. tax neither, but raise the price elasticity of demand for gasoline and lower it for wine
A good example of the government commandeering resources is
a. government subsidizing road construction b. the Pharaohs building the pyramids c. Bill Gates creating Windows 95 with a government issued patent d. Thomas Edison inventing the light bulb e. government taxing Disneyland