Which of the following will cause a movement along the demand curve for shoes?
A. an increase in the price of socks
B. an increase in the price of shoes
C. an increase in income
D. all of these
Answer: B
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The term price as used in microeconomics refers to the absolute price of a commodity. 2. The relative price of bread in terms of wine is the amount of wine which can be traded in exchange for a loaf of bread. 3. When relative prices are measured in terms of dollars, the term dollar refers to currency. 4. When absolute prices are measured in terms of dollars, the term dollar refers to currency. 5. Relative prices cannot fall when absolute prices are rising.
If neither the demand nor supply of a good is perfectly elastic or inelastic, a tax on the good ________ consumer surplus and ________ producer surplus
A) decreases; decreases B) increases; increases C) decreases; increases D) increases; decreases E) decreases; does not change
Based on the table above, the cost of the base period market basket in the base period is
A) $3,300. B) $21.00. C) $3,250. D) $4,650. E) $4,885.
Which of the following is an example of outsourcing?
a. When production of economics textbooks, management textbooks, and finance textbooks can be done by a single publishing company at lower average cost than by separate publishing companies that specialize in just one topic. b. When a firm produces 600,000 units per month to realize the minimum average cost of producing a unit of output. c. When a firm finds that it is more profitable to contract for certain inputs or functions supplied by others than to produce those inputs or functions itself. d. When a steel company integrates backward to mine iron ore and even the coal used to smelt iron ore.