The antitrust legislation that was designed to help small stores survive competition with large retail chains was the:
a. FTC Act.
b. Sherman Antitrust Act.
c. Celler-Kefauver Act.
d. Robinson-Patman Act.
e. Clayton Act.
d
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The above figure shows the marginal private cost curve, marginal social cost curve, and marginal social benefit curve for raising goats on a common pasture. The efficient outcome is raising ________
A) 0 goats B) 40 goats C) 50 goats D) 55 goats
The battery packs used in electric and hybrid automobiles are one of the largest cost components for manufacturing these cars. As the price of these batteries decline, we expect that the:
A) supply curve for electric and hybrid autos will shift rightward. B) supply curve for electric and hybrid autos will shift leftward. C) demand curve for electric and hybrid autos will shift rightward. D) demand curve for electric and hybrid autos will shift leftward.
When what people pay does not necessarily reflect the real value they put on a good, it is likely that the:
A. free rider problem does not exist. B. good will be undersupplied. C. good is easily excludable. D. not a socially desirable good.
The equilibrium compensating wage differential between two occupations in the same city is $10 per hour. Both occupations have equivalent training requirements. Shannon works in the higher-paying occupation and would have been willing to do so even if the compensating differential was $5 per hour. Therefore,
a. Shannon will migrate to the lower-paying occupation b. Shannon must have a greater distaste than the typical worker for the nonmonetary characteristics of her occupation c. the equilibrium compensating wage differential is more than enough to prevent Shannon from moving to the other job d. the higher-paying occupation cannot have a perfectly competitive labor market e. Shannon must have a greater preference than the typical worker for the lower- paying occupation