Suppose a profit-maximizing firm in a competitive market produces rubber bands. When the market price for rubber bands rises above the minimum of its average variable cost, but still lies below the minimum of average total cost, in the short run the firm will
a. experience losses but will continue to produce rubber bands.
b. shut down.
c. earn both economic and accounting profits.
d. raise the price of its product.
a
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If an economy is operating on its production possibility frontier, which of the following statements is true?
A. Products are produced using inefficient production technology. B. The capacity utilization rate is less than full production. C. The economy's labor force is fully employed. D. A fall in the price of an input will enable the economy to produce outside the production possibility frontier.
The American Dairy Association starts a highly successful advertising campaign that makes most people want to drink more milk. As a result,
A) the demand for milk increases. B) the quantity demanded of milk increases. C) the price of milk falls to encourage people to drink more milk. D) the demand for milk is not affected. E) the demand for milk decreases because the price of milk rises.
A decrease in money supply causes the real interest rate to ________ and output to ________ in the short run, before prices adjust to restore equilibrium.
A. rise; fall B. rise; rise C. fall; fall D. fall; rise
One important consequence of the self-serving bias is that:
A. Some people cannot correct a personal trait that might be causing them to fail in many ventures B. Someone could persist in pursuing a failed policy despite overwhelming evidence of the failure C. Bad decisions can be made because people will act without pausing to see whether their intuition is correct or not D. Some people may wrongly believe in their forecasting ability to predict future outcomes of risky investments