Suppose Pippi buys an oven for her pizza parlor for $100,000. Pippi's pizza tasted so pitiful she went out of business 12 months later. She was able to sell the pizza oven for $75,000. This decrease in the value of the oven is

A) the total implicit rental rate on the oven.
B) an economic loss.
C) economic depreciation.
D) interest forgone.


C

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For a linear demand curve

A. elasticity is constant along the curve. B. elasticity is unity at every point on the curve. C. demand is elastic at high prices. D. demand is elastic at low prices.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The above figure shows the market for rice in Japan where price is expressed in dollars. S represents the domestic supply curve, and the horizontal line at P = 1 represents the world supply curve. Suppose a free market exists

If a $1 per unit tariff is imposed on imported rice, the quantity of imported rice will decrease by A) Q1 units. B) Q2 - Q1 units. C) Q2 units. D) Q1 - Q2 units.

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