What are productive resources? Give examples of each.

What will be an ideal response?


anything that any business uses to add value; Ex: land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurial skill ("four factors of production")

Economics

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Jess is willing to pay $10, Ania is willing to pay $16, Mandy is willing to pay $24, and Chloe is willing to pay $12 for a subscription to the magazine. Who will subscribe to the magazine? A) Ania, Mandy, and Chloe B) Jess, Ania, Mandy, and Chloe C) Jess, Ania, and Chloe D) Mandy and Chloe

Economics

Which incentive scheme would simultaneously elicit accurate information about feasible plant production levels and motivate managers to perform up to potential (in the following schemes, B is the bonus payment, Q is actual plant output, and Qf is the

manager's estimate of feasible output)? A) B = 0.4Q B) B = 0.4(Q - Qf) C) B = 0.4Qf + 0.3(Q - Qf) if Q > Qf D) B = 0.4Qf - 0.6(Q - Qf) if Q < Qf E) B = 0.4Qf - 0.6(Q - Qf) if Q > Qf

Economics

Higher prices

A. are always against the public interest. B. may sometimes serve the public interest. C. should never be allowed. D. occur automatically for abundant goods.

Economics

An estimated short-run cost function

A. holds the capital stock constant. B. can be estimated using time-series data. C. can be used to make price and output decisions. D. both a and c E. all of the above

Economics