When the production of one good spills benefits over to third parties, the government should consider all of the following EXCEPT
A) subsidizing the consumption of the good.
B) subsidizing the production of the good.
C) creating tax incentives to encourage more consumption.
D) taxing the production or consumption of the good.
Answer: D
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Which of the following is a liability on the balance sheet of the Federal Reserve System?
A) currency B) U.S. government securities C) mortgage-backed securities D) None of the above are correct because they are all assets of the Federal Reserve.
According to the classical model, workers chose a level of labor that equates the
a. real wage and marginal product of labor. b. nominal wage and marginal product of labor. c. the marginal utility of consumption and the marginal disutility of lost leisure. d. the marginal utility of consumption with the real wage.
Which of the following is NOT true about price floors?
A) Consumer surplus is always lower than it would be in the competitive equilibrium. B) Producer surplus could be lower, higher, or the same as it would be in competitive equilibrium. C) Producer surplus could be negative as the result of a price floor. D) Producers will often respond to a price floor by cutting production to the point at which price equals marginal cost. E) The total producer surplus depends on how producers respond to the price floor in determining their output level.
If the bidders at an oral auction have true values of $78, $72, $66, and $65, the item will sell for
a. $78 b. just under $78 c. $72 d. just over $72