When the total external and internal costs of a transaction are taken into consideration, this is known as

A) public costs.
B) average total costs.
C) social costs.
D) marginal costs.


Answer: C

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A) the efficient outcome is not assured. B) the median voter gets her way. C) the sum of the marginal benefits is ignored. D) All of the above.

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Refer to Figure a. Charlie and Joe both want to ride shotgun with their mother, so they play a game of rock-paper-scissors to determine who gets to sit in the front seat. In the table, -1 represents a loss, 1 a win and 0 a tie, and Joe's payoff is shown in the upper left-hand corner of each cell, while Charlie's appears in the lower right-hand corner. What is Charlie's dominant strategy?



A. Rock

B. Paper

C. Scissors

D. Charlie does not have a dominant strategy.

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If the equilibrium price of a good increases and the equilibrium quantity of the good decreases, we can conclude that:

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