What do wages paid to factory workers, interest paid on a bank loan, forgone interest, and the purchase of component parts have in common?
A. None are either implicit or explicit costs.
B. All are opportunity costs.
C. All are implicit costs.
D. All are explicit costs.
Answer: B
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The quantity of employment is determined in the ________ market and that quantity, along with the ________, determines potential GDP
A) labor market; tax rate B) loanable funds; production function C) goods and services; labor market D) labor market; tax wedge E) labor market; production function
Henry David Thoreau faced a choice: Stay in the village of Concord or move out to Walden Pond. He decided to move to Walden. What was his" opportunity cost"?
A) There was no opportunity cost if he didn't pay rent for his cabin on Walden Pond. B) The satisfaction he would have enjoyed were he to stay in Concord C) The sweat and toil of building his own cabin and living off the land at Walden Pond D) There was no opportunity cost, because he made a free and voluntary decision to live the way he preferred to live.
Refer to Figure 10-1. When the price of hoagies increases from $5.00 to $5.75, quantity demanded decreases from Q1 to Q0. This change in quantity demanded is due to
A) the fact that marginal willingness to pay falls. B) the law of diminishing marginal utility. C) the income and substitution effects. D) the price and output effects.
Suppose the market for oranges is perfectly competitive and unregulated. Suppose also that the chemicals used to keep the oranges insect-free damage the environment by an estimated $1 per bushel of oranges. Suppose QD = 1000 - 100P and QS = -100 + 100P. The total dollar value damage to society is
a. 400 b. 450 c. 500 d. 550