If a competitive firm cannot earn profit at any level of output during a given short-run period, then which of the following is LEAST likely to occur?
A) It will shut down in the short run and wait until the price increases sufficiently.
B) It will exit the industry in the long run.
C) It will operate at a loss in the short run.
D) It will minimize its loss by decreasing output so that price exceeds marginal cost.
D
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In a production possibilities frontier graph, the cost of producing more units of a good is measured by the
A) dollar value of the additional output. B) area in the arc between the PPF and a straight line drawn between the starting point and the ending point. C) dollar value of the resources used to produce the good. D) amount of the other good or service that must be forgone. E) None of the above answers is correct.
Advertising costs
A) make the marginal revenue more elastic. B) shift the ATC curve upward. C) shift the marginal cost curve rightward. D) indirectly shift the marginal cost curve upward. E) affect the marginal cost but not the total cost.
Assume a fixed demand for money curve and the Fed increases the money supply. The result is a temporary:
A. excess quantity of money demanded. B. excess quantity of money supplied. C. new equilibrium interest rate. D. decrease in the demand for loans.
Refer to Scenario 1.1 below to answer the question(s) that follow.SCENARIO 1.1: An economist wants to understand the relationship between minimum wages and the level of teenage unemployment. The economist collects data on the values of the minimum wage and the levels of teenage unemployment over time. The economist concludes that a 1% increase in minimum wage causes a 0.2% increase in teenage unemployment. From this information he concludes that the minimum wage is harmful to teenagers and should be reduced or eliminated to increase employment among teenagers.Refer to Scenario 1.1. The statement that an increase in the minimum wage causes an increase in teenage unemployment is an example of
A. normative economics. B. deductive reasoning. C. a fallacy. D. an economic theory.