Studies of the effects of the minimum wage typically find that a 10 percent increase in the minimum wage depresses teenage employment by about
a. 1 to 3 percent.
b. 5 to 7 percent.
c. 10 percent.
d. None of the above is correct because studies show no decrease in teenage employment.
a
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In the competitive market for organic corn, market demand is QD = 340 – 2P and market supply is QS= 100 + 4P, where P is the price per bushel, and Q is market output in thousands of bushels. Each individual farmer faces a marginal cost function of MC = 10 + 3q, where q is the single farmer’s output level in thousands.
A firm is spending the profit-maximizing amount on product development when
A) people perceive the firm's product to be better than those of its competitors. B) the marginal cost of product development is equal to the marginal revenue from product development. C) the price of the good is higher than its marginal cost. D) the advertising costs are covered. E) the firm's total revenue exceeds its total costs.
A point inside a society's production possibilities curve represents
A) an unattainable combination of outputs. B) an output combination that satisfies the needs of the population. C) an underutilization of productive resources. D) a technically superior output combination.
Net investment refers to
A. exports minus imports. B. the change in investment spending and the change in government expenditures on infrastructure. C. the change in inventories over a 1-year period. D. the change in the capital stock after subtracting out depreciation.