The outward bowing shape of the production possibilities curve is due to
a. the law of increasing opportunity costs.
b. the law of decreasing opportunity costs.
c. the law of diminishing marginal utility.
d. the diminishing marginal benefits.
a. the law of increasing opportunity costs.
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The current long-run equilibrium price is $30 per barrel and the equilibrium quantity is 16.88 billion barrels per year. a. Derive the (linear) long-run demand and supply equations. b. Suppose the long-run supply curve you derived above consists of competitive supply plus the quantity of OPEC supply. If the long-run competitive supply (not including OPEC's production) is: QS = 7.78 + 0.29p, what must be OPEC?s level of production in this long-run equilibrium to maintain the price of $30?
The optimal bidding strategy for a second-price auction is
a. To bid your true value b. To shade your bid well below your true value c. To shade your bid just a little below your true value d. To size up your competition to determine how much to shade your bid
The objective of bank management is to
a. maximize stockholders' profits by making risky investments and giving loans to borrowers who will pay the highest interest rates. b. refuse to make risky loans and make loans only to the safest borrowers. c. invest in U.S. government securities and make loans only to established businesses. d. strike the appropriate balance between the attraction of bank profits and the need for bank safety.
Computer forecasting models are most accurate at predicting the economy when
a. inflation is accelerating. b. there is a turn in the business cycle. c. economic conditions are relatively stable. d. supply shocks impact the economy.