The long run is characterized by:
A. the relevance of the law of diminishing returns.
B. at least one fixed input.
C. insufficient time for firms to enter or leave the industry.
D. the ability of the firm to change its plant size.
Answer: D
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Which of the following is true about a risk-averse individual facing a full menu of actuarily fair insurance contracts to choose from?
A. The individual will "over-insure" if consumption is more meaningful in the good state. B. The individual will "over-insure" if consumption is more meaningful in the bad state. C. The individual will fully insure when tastes are state-independent. D. (a) and (b) are true. E. (a) and (c) are true. F. (b) and (c) are true. G. All of the above. H. None of the above.
A worldwide hops (a flower used in brewing) shortage made stouts, ales and other specialty microbrews more pricy in 2008. Gayle Goshie, a hops farmer, blames overproduction for hops' previously cheap place on the agricultural market
The glut pushed many hops farmers out business, which gradually helped hops prices recover. Suppose farming hops is a perfectly competitive market. How did farmers going out of business help hops prices recover? A) Fewer farmers cause the market supply curve to shift leftward, causing price to rise. B) Fewer farmers cause an increase in market demand, causing price to rise. C) Fewer farmers cause an increase in the surviving firms' costs, causing higher prices. D) Fewer farmers cause the individual firms' supply curves to decrease, causing higher prices.
The income velocity of money is the absolute number of times, on average, that
A) people purchase goods and services during a year. B) each monetary unit is spent on final goods and services. C) each unit of real GDP is produced by business firms. D) each one-unit increase in the price level occurs.
Consider the production possibilities frontier displayed in the figure shown. If this society chooses to produce 15 watermelons in can produce no more than:
A. 400 bushels of apples.
B. 300 bushels of apples.
C. 200 bushels of apples.
D. 100 bushels of apples.