The price of an exhaustible resource sold in a perfectly competitive market in which technology and consumer preferences do not change over time will tend to
a. stay constant over time.
b. always equal the price of the closest substitute for that resource.
c. fall over time.
d. rise over time.
d
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Vito attends college and works part-time job as a waiter. He can work up to 40 hours each week at his job, which pays $8 per hour. The table below shows his utility from different levels of leisure and income. Vito is currently working 20 hours per week. If Vito decides to work 30 hours instead, what will be his marginal utility loss from having less leisure?
a. 34
b. 24
c. 10
d. 18
Which of the following policies would be most likely to reduce the efficiency of a country's economic organization?
a. a legal structure that establishes secure property rights b. imposition of tariffs and other barriers limiting international trade c. competitive markets d. a stable monetary system
One reason why producers have an incentive to organize in favor of protection is because
A) producer gains are spread across so many firms that no one gets a large share of the benefits. B) producer gains are relatively concentrated. C) there is no real cost to the economy. D) producer gains outweigh consumer losses.