Suppose Ron is willing to pay $200 to see a professional basketball game and Felix is willing to pay $150.Assume the normal price of a ticket is $125.The local government decides to impose a $35/ticket surcharge to raise revenue, causing the ticket price to rise to $160.The resulting deadweight loss is:
a. $75
b. $25
c. $35
d. $150
b
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A) achieves; because both the fair rules and fair results conditions are met B) achieves; because total surplus is maximized C) does not achieve; because entrepreneurs only earn a normal profit D) does not achieve; because firms must be price takers E) may achieve; if average total costs are minimized
The equilibrium real interest rate in Belgium will be
A) generally above the world real interest rate. B) generally below the world real interest rate. C) equal to the world real interest rate. D) determined by the equilibrium between desired domestic saving and desired domestic investment.
For a monopolist to practice price discrimination, one necessary condition is that the product offered for sale must be:
a. high quality. b. expensive. c. cheap. d. impossible or difficult to resell.
A recessionary gap is defined as
a. an economy that is operating above its full-employment capacity b. an economy that is operating at full-employment capacity c. the amount by which aggregate expenditure exceeds the aggregate expenditure level needed to generate equilibrium national income at full employment without inflation d. the amount by which aggregate expenditure falls short of the level needed to generate equilibrium national income at full employment without inflation e. the path an economy takes out of a depression