It is assumed that the marginal benefit of air cleanliness falls with the degree of cleanliness since
A) the marginal cost of air cleanliness increases.
B) air cleanliness is a public good and not a private good.
C) the marginal utility of air cleanliness falls with the degree of cleanliness.
D) the generation of pollution should be considered an externality.
C
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Refer to the figure below. In response to gradually falling inflation, this economy will eventually move from its short-run equilibrium to its long-run equilibrium. Graphically, this would be seen as
A. long-run aggregate supply shifting leftward B. Short-run aggregate supply shifting downward C. Aggregate demand shifting rightward D. Aggregate demand shifting leftward
What is the relationship between the price, P, and the average total cost, ATC, for a firm in perfect competition that makes an economic profit? That makes zero economic profit? That incurs an economic loss?
What will be an ideal response?
The function of money that provides for a commonly recognized measure of value for the price system is a(n)
A) medium of exchange. B) unit of accounting. C) store of value. D) standard of deferred payment.
Many government programs, such as unemployment compensation, operate on a deficit during recessions and a surplus during periods of economic expansion. The programs are referred to as
A. automatic stabilizers. B. discretionary fiscal policy. C. Ricardian equivalence. D. Recognition time lag.