The feature of the above figure that indicates that the firm is a perfectly competitive firm is the
A) shape of the total cost curve.
B) shape of the total revenue curve.
C) fact that the total cost and total revenue curves are farthest apart at output is Q2.
D) fact that the total cost and total revenue curves cross twice.
B
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If the marginal propensity to save is 0.4 and disposable income increases from $1,000 to $1,500, saving will increase
A) $300. B) $200. C) $100. D) $400.
A U.S. company is attempting to cut costs by shifting some of its services to Thailand. This process of shifting production of products or services overseas to cut costs often results in
A) lower production quantities of those products or services. B) lower consumer prices on those products or services. C) greater potential for market failure for those products and services. D) greater economic uncertainty in the market for those products and services.
Refer to Figure 27-6. In the dynamic model of AD-AS in the figure above, if the economy is at point A in year 1 and is expected to go to point B in year 2, Congress and the president would most likely pursue
A) expansionary automatic stabilizers. B) contractionary monetary policy. C) contractionary fiscal policy. D) expansionary monetary policy. E) expansionary fiscal policy.
Consider a market with (inverse) demand p = 100 - 2Q. There are two firms in the market with constant marginal and average costs of $10
a. Determine the Cournot equilibrium quantities and price b. What would be the collusive (joint-profit maximizing) price and quantity? c. Derive the deadweight loss from (i) Cournot Dupoly, (ii) Collusion, and (iii) Perfect competition in this market with the two firms.