According to the new growth theory
A. technology is a natural by-product of invention.
B. technology should be considered as a factor of production.
C. technology provides few rewards to the society.
D. technology plays a minor role in economic development.
Answer: B
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The reason an unregulated natural monopolist will produce at an economically inefficient quantity is
A) due to the fact that the monopolist will equate marginal cost with price to determine the output level. B) due to the fact that the monopolist will equate average total cost with price to determine the output level. C) that the price does not equal the true marginal cost of producing the good. D) that the monopolist will produce a quantity greater than the minimum of the average total cost curve.
The British economist most often associated with the issue of economic rent for land was
A) John Maynard Keynes. B) Jeremy Bentham. C) A. W. Phillips. D) David Ricardo.
Determine whether each of the following transactions will be counted in the 2005 GDP of the United States. If the transaction is counted, identify which expenditure component (personal consumption, gross investment, government consumption and gross investment, or net exports) will be affected
a. Norm, a frequent visitor to a local bar, purchases a Budweiser beer. (Budweiser beer is domestically produced.) b. The owner of the local bar purchases a new domestically made cooler unit in which to store his beer. c. Carla, a U.S. foreign exchange student, works her way through college in Germany as a waitress in a bar. d. On her night off, Carla purchases a Budweiser beer for her friend in the German bar.
If a firm enjoys producer surplus in perfectly competitive Market A of $1000 and would enjoy producer surplus in perfectly competitive Market B of $1200, the firm would consider moving to Market B if
A) fixed costs are greater than $100 in Market A. B) fixed costs are less than $200 in Market B. C) fixed costs are less than $300 but greater than $200 in Market B. D) fixed costs in Market B are less than the fixed costs in Market A plus $200.