Decreasing cost industries have supply curves that slope downward forever.
a. true
b. false
Answer: b. false
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You own a tract of trees and are deciding whether to harvest them now or next year. If you harvest them now, you can invest the proceeds and get a return of 5% on your investment. What should you do?
a. Let the trees grow as long as their dollar worth increases by more than 5% b. Let the trees grow c. Cut down the trees, and sell them d. Let the trees grow as long as their dollar worth increases by less than 5%
The additional production resulting from hiring one more worker is
A. marginal production. B. marginal opportunity cost. C. marginal cost. D. marginal physical product.
The longer a patent lasts,
A) the greater the potential economic profits available to an innovator. B) the lower the deadweight loss. C) the lower the average costs of production. D) the less innovation there will be.
The diagram above depicts the demand for, and market price of, buckets of raw oysters in Orlando
a. What is the consumer surplus of the person who buys the 100th bucket of oysters? b. What is the consumer surplus of the person who buys the 200th bucket of oysters? c. What is the consumer surplus of the person who buys the 300th bucket of oysters? d. What is the total consumer surplus from all the oysters consumed in the market?