Refer to the scenario above. If the government removes the ban on Firm B and both Firm A and firm B aim at maximizing profits:
A) marginal cost of Firm A will eventually be greater than the marginal cost of Firm B.
B) marginal cost of Firm B will eventually be greater than the marginal cost of Firm A.
C) marginal cost of both firms will eventually be equalized.
D) the difference in the marginal cost of both firms will eventually increase.
C
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Suppose GDP is $10 billion, consumption expenditure is $7 billion, investment is $2 billion, and government expenditure on goods and services is $2 billion. Net exports of goods and services must be
A) $1 billion. B) -$2 billion. C) -$1 billion. D) $2 billion. E) $10 billion.
If the number of people unemployed is 100, the number of people employed is 1000, and the working-age population is 1400, then the labor force participation rate is
A) 78.6 percent. B) 71.4 percent. C) 64.3 percent. D) 66.6 percent.
According to Robert Gordon (1969, 1999), the extraordinary expansion of physical production in 1942–45 was achieved by
(a) massive government investment in new plants and equipment. (b) finally bringing into production manufacturing plants and equipment that had been idle since the early 1930s so that big government investment was not necessary. (c) the Federal Reserve's peg on the bond market, which enrolled the private sector to mobilize the necessary capital to invest in new plant and equipment. (d) none of the above.
If there is a shortage in the market for automobiles, then
a. producers' inventories will rise b. the price should begin to rise c. the demand curve will shift to restore equilibrium in the market d. the supply curve will shift to restore equilibrium in the market e. the price is expected to fall