Who participates in markets?
A. Consumers and government agencies.
B. Business firms.
C. Business firms and consumers.
D. All of the choices are correct.
Answer: D
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In the mid-to-late 1990s, changes in the health care industry, substantially reduced health care costs relative to other goods and services. Which of the following is an appropriate description of the mechanism behind this supply shock?
A) The AS curve likely shifted to the right which likely explains the short-run fall in unemployment. B) The ensuing increase in productive capacity led to the rightward shift of the LRAS which is a likely explanation for the protracted decline in the unemployment rate of the 1990s. C) A positive output gap would have resulted in the short-run but it was eventually closed by a rightward shift of the LRAS which is a likely explanation for the protracted decline in the inflation rate of the 1990s. D) all of the above E) none of the above
A pharmaceutical company faces a price regulation where it cannot charge any higher than $5,000 for a lifesaving drug. The company knows that the patients put a high value on this product and are willing to pay up to $10,000 for it. The company decides
to sell the drug at $5,000 and receives another $5,000 from administration through their exclusive medical service providers. This is an example of a. Tying b. Bundling c. Exclusion d. Fraud, the company is not allowed to sell for any higher than the regulatory price
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures may understate the value of goods and services due to
A. the exclusion of the underground economy. B. the inclusion of legal non-reported, non-taxed income. C. the inclusion of household production. D. the exclusion of the value of stocks.
Sam Lewis owns a firm in New York City's Garment District. If Sam keeps adding workers to use the same number of sewing machines, eventually the workplace will become so crowded that workers will get in each other's way. At this point
A) the marginal product of labor in Sam's business would be negative and his total output would decrease. B) Sam should encourage his workers to share their sewing machines. C) Sam's business will be in violation of safety rules that have been established by the New York City government. D) Sam should begin using a division of labor in his business.