In response to an increase in the wage rate, the income effect will usually cause a person to
A) supply fewer hours of labor.
B) supply more hours of labor.
C) supply the same hours of labor.
D) have a horizontal labor supply curve.
A
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A business cost is always
A) a sunk cost. B) a marginal cost. C) a consequence of managerial decisions. D) measurable if we use sophisticated accounting techniques.
In the 1980s, one of the most common sights in the socialist countries, such as the former Soviet Union and North Korea, were long lines for bread, sugar, and other necessities. These countries had price ceilings on these necessities
Some of the socialist nations, such as the former Soviet Union, have moved to a market economy by lifting the price ceilings, while others, such as North Korea, have retained their price ceilings. What prediction do you make about the presence (or absence) of long lines today in the former Soviet Union and North Korea? Explain your answer.
If a single supplier of labor, such as a union, were supplying labor to a single monopsonistic employer, this is referred to as a(n)
A) bilateral monopoly. B) trilateral monopoly. C) total monopsony. D) collective monopoly.
Suppose the marginal propensity to import for country A is 0.4 . Calculate the change in the total value of imports of the country if national income increases by $100,000
a. $16,000 b. $20,000 c. $60,000 d. $40,000 e. $25,000