An efficiency wage is:

A. a wage payment necessary to compensate workers for risk of injury on the job.
B. a "wage" that contains a profit-sharing component as well as traditional hourly pay.
C. an above-market wage that minimizes a firm's labor cost per unit of output.
D. a wage that automatically rises with the national index of labor productivity.


C. an above-market wage that minimizes a firm's labor cost per unit of output.

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A) a positive change in the technology used to produce apples and decrease in the price of oranges, a substitute for apples B) an increase in the wages of apple workers and an increase in the price of oranges, a substitute for apples C) an increase in the number of apple producers and a decrease in the number of apple trees as a result of disease D) a decrease in the wages of apple workers and an increase in the price of oranges, a substitute for apples

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Traders working for banks are subject to the

A) principal-agent problem. B) free-rider problem. C) double-jeopardy problem. D) exchange-risk problem.

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Read the International Food Policy Research Institute's summary of Mark Rosegrant's article on water scarcity. Questions:
  • Is water a free good or a scarce good? Why?
  • Why would a higher price for water reduce the likelihood of a future water shortage?

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A major contributor to a country's real rate of economic growth is its real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth relative to its

A. money growth. B. population size. C. inflation. D. none of these.

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