The effect of imposing a minimum wage rate on the quantity of labor employed is
a. greater the less elastic is the demand for labor
b. greater the less elastic is the supply of labor
c. zero if the minimum wage rate is above the equilibrium wage rate
d. greater the more elastic is the demand for labor
e. greater the closer the minimum wage is to the equilibrium level
D
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Refer to Table 20-5. Consider the following values of the consumer price index for 2015 and 2016. The inflation rate for 2016 was equal to
A) 215 percent. B) 21.5 percent. C) 8.0 percent. D) 3.9 percent.
Suppose a monopolist's marginal revenue equals marginal cost at an output of 100 . If price is $250, and average cost is $50 at this output, compute the monopolist's profit?
a. Profit = $250 b. Profit = $150 c. Profit = $15,000 d. Profit = $20,000
Which of the following methods is not used to calculate GDP?
A. The sum of all the final goods and services produced by a country’s resources B. The sum of all factor payments plus depreciation and indirect business taxes C. The sum of all values added at each stage of production D. The sum of all spending on final goods and services
If an increase in the incomes of people who live in the Los Angeles area leads to an increase in the demand for season tickets for games played by the Los Angeles Lakers professional basketball team, then these season tickets are
A) a normal good. B) an inferior good. C) an income complement. D) an income substitute.