Which of the following is not a cost imposed by inflation?
A) Inflation reduces the affordability of goods and services to the average consumer.
B) The money that consumers and firms hold loses its purchasing power.
C) Firms must pay for changing prices on products and printing new catalogs.
D) Banks can lose if they under predict inflation and charge an interest rate that does not completely compensate for inflation.
Answer: A
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A die is rolled and if the outcome is an even number, a gambler receives $10. If the outcome is an odd number, the gambler loses $10. What is the expected value of this game?
What will be an ideal response?
A monopolist hires fewer workers than a perfectly competitive industry, other things being equal, because
A) a monopolist has to pay higher wages in order to attract additional workers. B) the monopolist substitutes more capital for labor when compared to a competitive industry. C) the monopolist producer has to deal with unions and face higher wages than do competitive industries. D) the monopolist produces less output than a competitive industry.
If both the marginal cost and the average variable cost curves are U-shaped, which of the following is true over the range of output for which the average variable cost curve has a negative slope? a. The marginal cost curve must have a negative slope
b. The average total cost curve must have a negative slope. c. The marginal cost curve is below the average variable cost curve. d. both (b) and (c) are correct.