Charging a higher price for a motel room to customers with dogs or cats than to customers with no pets is most likely an example of
A) first-degree price discrimination.
B) second-degree price discrimination.
C) third-degree price discrimination.
D) actual cost differences.
D
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Assume that good X is on the horizontal axis and good Y is on the vertical axis in the consumer-choice diagram. PX denotes the price of good X, PY is the price of good Y, and I is the consumer's income. Unless otherwise stated, the consumer's preferences are assumed to satisfy the standard assumptions. a. X does not affect the individual’s utility. b. Y does not affect the individual’s utility. c. both X and Y affect the individual’s utility. d. neither good affects the individual’s utility.
Since 1929, total government taxes as a percentage of GDP:
a. climbed from 10 percent to over 35 percent. b. remained close to 30 percent. c. climbed from 30 percent to about 50 percent. d. climbed from 15 percent to about 50 percent.
The substitution effect causes a consumer to buy less of a product when the price increases because the
What will be an ideal response?
If production of an item results in negative external costs, then
A) the market price is below the socially preferred price that reflects the external costs. B) the market price is above the socially preferred price that reflects the external costs. C) market forces will always correct the problem. D) the market quantity is too low from society's point of view.