Suppose two coffee snobs who must have their coffee and cream in exact proportions (each cup is 10 coffee per 1 unit cream) are invited to a weekend long event (during which they can easily consume 8 cups of coffee). Suppose Snob A is given 8 units of cream and Snob B is given 80 units of coffee. The contract curve in the Edgeworth box would be
a. a right angle connecting the lower left corner with the upper right corner.
b. a curve (not a line) connecting the lower left corner with the upper right corner.
c. a line connecting the lower left corner with the upper right corner.
d. a right angle connecting the upper left corner with the lower right corner.
c
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Suppose Jack and Kate are at the town fair and are choosing which game to play. The first game has a bag with four marbles in it-1 red marble and 3 blue ones. The player draws one marble from the bag; if it is red, they win $20 and if it is blue, they win $1. The second game has a bag with 10 marbles in it-1 red, 4 blue, and 5 green. The player draws one marble from the bag; if it is red, they win $20; if it is blue, they win $5; and if it is green, they win $1. Both games cost $5 to play. Kate is considering whether to play the second game. If Kate only cares about the expected value of the outcome and does not care about risk, she should:
A. not play since she never wins anything. B. play if the cost of playing the game is greater than the expected value of the payoff. C. compare the cost of playing the game with the value of her time. D. play if the cost of playing the game is less than the expected value of the payoff.
If the seller of a good gets less than his/her opportunity cost and the buyer pays more than his/her valuation of the good, economic value is created
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Supply-side policies are designed to achieve
A. A leftward shift in the Phillips curve. B. A lower inflation rate but a higher unemployment rate. C. A rightward shift in the Phillips curve. D. A leftward shift of the aggregate supply curve.
This graph demonstrates the domestic demand and supply for a good, as well as the world price for that good.
According to the graph shown, if this economy were to open to trade, consumers would:
A. enjoy a net gain to surplus of DEFG. B. suffer a transfer of surplus to the producer of DEFG. C. experience deadweight loss of FG. D. suffer a net loss to surplus of DEFG.