The law of supply states that there is a positive relationship between price and quantity supplied, ceteris paribus.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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A single firm in a contestable market is limited in the amount of economic profit it can earn because there
A) are barriers to entry. B) are no barriers to entry. C) is collusion. D) are government regulations limiting its profit.
The total value to society of having garbage removed is greater than the value of baseball games. Why, then, are baseball players paid more than garbage collectors?
A) Garbage removal results in significant external benefits that are not captured in the price paid for garbage removal. As a result, wages of garbage collectors do not reflect their social benefits. B) There is greater competition in the garbage collection industry than there is in Major League Baseball. C) Wages do not depend on total values but marginal values. The marginal revenue product of baseball players exceeds the marginal revenue product of garbage collectors. D) Although the total value of garbage removal is greater than the total value of baseball, wages are determined by average values.
During the boom years of the 1920s, bank failures were quite
A) uncommon, averaging less than 30 per year. B) uncommon, averaging less than 100 per year. C) common, averaging about 600 per year. D) common, averaging about 1000 per year.
Related to the Economics in Practice on p. 716: By 2001, the majority of the fishing fleet in the Indian state of Kerala had mobile phones. As a result of the introduction of mobile phone service to this fishing industry, ________ increased and ________ decreased.
A. consumer prices; competition B. consumer prices; productivity C. competition; profits D. profits; consumer prices