Which of the following is a price floor?

A. a freeze on upward-moving gasoline prices
B. rent controls
C. minimum wage rates
D. college tuition caps


Answer: C

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A) The predicted quantity (Qd ^) will increase. B) The predicted quantity (Qd ^) will increase by approximately 52.48 pizzas. C) The predicted quantity (Qd ^) will decrease by approximately 28.39 pizzas. D) The predicted quantity (Qd ^) will decrease by approximately 62.89 pizzas.

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What is rent seeking?

What will be an ideal response?

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Refer to the below table and information. What will be the marginal labor cost and wage rate for the individual firm?

Suppose a single firm has the marginal revenue product schedule for a particular type of labor given in the left table. Assume there are 150 firms with the same marginal-revenue-product schedules for this particular type of labor.




A. $6

B. $7

C. $8

D. $9

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When scarce resources can serve only one user at a time in sequence, which method works well for allocating the scarce resources?

A) first come, first served B) lottery C) contest D) command system

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