An In the News article is titled "Study Finds Net Gain from Pollution Rules." The optimal amount of pollution, from an economic perspective,
A. Occurs where the price equals the social marginal revenue.
B. Is zero pollution.
C. Occurs where the social marginal benefit of pollution control equals the social marginal cost.
D. Is the rate that reduces pollution costs but does not result in externalities.
Answer: C
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Refer to Figure 3.1. A Nash Equilibrium occurs where
A) Homer confesses to committing the crime and Marge denies committing the crime. B) Marge confesses to committing the crime and Homer denies committing the crime. C) Homer and Marge both confess to committing the crime. D) Homer and Marge both deny committing the crime.
The natural unemployment rate is
A) equal to the sum of frictional, cyclical, and seasonal unemployment. B) not known with certainty. C) equal to zero. D) the same for all industrialized countries. E) equal to the sum of frictional, structural, and cyclical unemployment.
Cheese is priced at $5 per pound and wine at $10 per bottle. A consumer who enjoys both cheese and wine will not be in consumer equilibrium until the marginal utility of a pound of cheese is:
a. four times that of wine. b. one-fourth that of wine. c. two times that of wine. d. one-half that of wine.
The self-correcting property of the economy means that output gaps are eventually eliminated by:
A. increasing or decreasing potential output. B. government policy. C. decreasing inflation only. D. increasing or decreasing inflation.