What do Spotify and Apple have in common?
A) The profitability of each firm depends on its interactions with other firms.
B) Each company was founded in the same state.
C) The industry in which each firm competes is an oligopoly because of government-imposed barriers to entry.
D) Each achieved a dominant position in its industry because it owned a key input in the production of its product.
A
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Consumption goods
A) include spending on machines and buildings so that goods can be produced in the future. B) are goods that are used to make other goods. C) include goods such as DVDs that firms hold in inventory. D) are only the goods bought by households for immediate satisfaction.
When a firm produces one unit, the variable cost is $3. When the firm produces two units, the variable cost is $6. What is the marginal cost associated with two units of production?
A) $2 B) $0.5 C) $6 D) $3
A regional airline owns 10 aircraft and employs 20 pilots. The airline makes an average of three trips per day with each of its 10 aircraft. The aircraft and their ground crews are idle part of the day. Minimum rest requirements for its pilots mean that if the airline wants to increase its flights, it must hire more pilots. The decision to hire more pilots is:
A. a short-run decision because the number of pilots is being increased; if the number of ground crew were decreased instead, it would be a long-run decision. B. a short-run decision because the number of aircraft is held constant while the labor input is changed. C. a long-run decision because customers will become accustomed to the new flight schedule. D. a long-run decision because hiring pilots will increase revenues over a long period of time for the airline.
Examine how the invention of the seat belt may have created a moral hazard problem
Please provide the best answer for the statement.