Refer to the information provided in Figure 13.9 below to answer the question(s) that follow. 
Figure 13.9 Refer to Figure 13.9. If Ohio Edison is forced to produce the efficient level of electricity (instead of the monopoly level), ________ equals area BEC.
A. producer surplus
B. welfare loss
C. consumer surplus
D. the net social gain
Answer: D
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Goods and services produced in the United States and sold in other countries are called
A) consumption goods and services. B) capital goods. C) government goods and services. D) export goods and services. E) import goods and services.
What happens to a monopolistically competitive firm that begins to charge an excessive price for its product?
a. The firm will go out of business. b. Consumers will substitute a rival's product. c. Consumers will boycott the product. d. The government will regulate the price.
Suppose a jar of orange marmalade that is ultimately sold to a customer at The Corner Store is produced by the following production process: Name of CompanyRevenuesCost of Purchased InputsCitrus Growers Inc.$0.750Florida Jam Company$2.00$0.75The Corner Store$2.50$2.00 If the oranges were grown and the jam produced in the year 2017, but the marmalade was sold at The Corner Store in the year 2018, what is the contribution of these transactions to GDP in the year 2017?
A. $2.75 B. $2.50 C. $2.00 D. $1.25
Refer to the graph below, which shows the market for bicycles. S1 and D1 are the original supply and demand curves. D2 and D3 and S2 and S3 are possible new demand and supply curves. Starting from the initial equilibrium (point 1), which point on the
graph is most likely to be the new equilibrium after an increase in wages of bicycle workers, and a significant increase in the price of gasoline?
A. 6
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5