Which factor of production is paid "profit"?
A) entrepreneurship
B) human capital
C) labor
D) land
E) capital
A
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The central idea distinguishing the "efficiency wage model" is that the wage paid by Firm A relative to the wages at other firms helps determine
A) Firm A's demand for labor. B) the amount of labor Firm A can hire. C) the productivity of Firm A's workers. D) Firm A's markup fraction.
If a firm hires lazy employees,
A) it must pay them differently or hard-working employees will engage in moral hazard. B) it must pay them more or hard-working employees will engage in moral hazard. C) it must fire them before their laziness spreads to hard-working employees. D) the lazy employees make hard-working employees look good.
When the value of U.S. merchandise exports is less than the value of U.S. merchandise imports,
a. the exchange rate, other currencies per dollar, appreciates b. the value of the dollar must fall c. there will be an increase in the demand for dollars d. an unfavorable balance of trade results e. foreign currency reserves must fall
You have just bought a used car, and drive away satisfied that you've made a good deal on the purchase. What would an economist say about your "gain" on the deal?
a. Your gain has clearly meant that the seller lost on the deal. b. The seller has clearly gained, and you have actually lost on the deal. c. Both you and the seller have gained something. d. If your gain is too large, then the deal should be re-negotiated. e. If the seller's loss is too large, then the deal should be re-negotiated.