An example of moral hazard is
a. A taxi driver paid per mile taking a longer route than necessary
b. a piece-rate garment worker shirking more than a per hour worker
c. an hourly salesman working harder than a commission salesman
d. an author on contract going to as many book signings as one with a percentage royalty rate
a
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Use the following table to answer this question, which provides information on the production of a product that requires one variable input.InputTotal Product00102002060030720408205090060980The marginal product of the 30th input item is
A. 24. B. 120. C. 12. D. 200.
What are accounting, or "shadow" prices for project appraisal? In what way do they differ from market prices, and why do we need them? Additional question or part of question: How can reference to world prices help countries gauge the real
opportunity costs of development projects?
Which is a distortion (a loss of social surplus) associated with a monopolist's inability to observe consumer types when constructing a nonlinear pricing scheme?
a. The monopolist must expend more resources on market research. b. All bundles involve inefficiently low quantities. c. Some but not all bundles involve inefficiently low quantities. d. Quantities aren't distorted, but prices extract too much consumer surplus.
In this graph, at point e ______.
a. economic profits are growing
b. short-run and long-run average total costs are equal
c. the economic situation is unstable
d. short-run and long-run average total costs are far apart