The slope of the production possibility frontier shows:
a. the marginal rate of substitution between the two goods.
b. the relative marginal costs of the two goods.
c. the efficient combination of outputs possible using fixed amounts of input.
d. the relative marginal productivities of the two goods.
b
You might also like to view...
Suppose two neighbors share a park. One neighbor, Al, leaves trash in the park. This bothers the other neighbor, Bert. According to Coase's theorem, one necessary condition to alleviate the externality is that
A) Al is fined by the government. B) Al has the right to leave trash and Bert cannot do anything about it. C) Bert has the right to a clean park and Al cannot leave trash. D) Either Al or Bert owns the park.
What effect does a recession have on a country’s international trade?
What will be an ideal response?
Average variable cost is
A. the difference between variable and fixed cost. B. the ratio of variable cost to total cost. C. the ratio of variable cost to fixed cost. D. the ratio of total variable cost to the quantity of output produced.
In the situation shown on this graph, the multiplier effect on aggregate demand is ______.
a. half the effect the initial government purchase has on it
b. double the effect the initial government purchase has on it
c. equal to the effect the initial government purchase has on it
d. equal but opposite to the effect the initial government purchase has on it