What is the difference between an open outcry auction and a sealed bid auction?
What will be an ideal response?
In an open outcry auction, bids are public and bidders compete actively against one another. In a sealed bid auction bidders place their bids privately and simultaneously, so that no bidder knows the bids other have submitted.
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Suppose an individual faces a decision of whether or not to make an investment 2 years from now. The investment will cost $10,125, and it will yield a benefit b 2 years later. a. Suppose the individual treats a dollar 1 year from now the same way as $0.90 now. How low can b be for this individual to plan to make the investment in two years?
b. Now suppose that the individual's tastes are better characterized by the beta-delta model. Suppose delta is 0.9. For what values of beta will the individual plan the same course of action 2 years from now as he would in the typical delta model (with the same delta)? c. Suppose beta is 0.9 (with delta also equal to 0.9). How low can b be in order for the individual to be willing to undertake the investment when he faces the choice in 2 years? d. For what range of values for b does the individual from (c) plan to undertake the investment but then decides not to when the time comes? What will be an ideal response?
According to your textbook, expansionary monetary policy
A) encourages entrepreneurs to invest in projects that only appear profitable. B) creates a temporary "boom," or economic expansion. C) will ultimately be followed by a "bust," as entrepreneurs learn of their forecasting errors. D) tends to generate all of the above.
Which of these statements about the productivity of resources is true?
a. While labor can become more productive, natural resources cannot. b. Less productive resources result in more sustainable economic growth. c. Capital, labor, and natural resources can all become more productive. d. It is not possible to make a resource more productive.
The net gains buyers perceive that they receive, over and above the market price they must pay, are measured by ______.
a. deadweight loss b. price ceilings c. consumer surplus d. producer surplus