In markets, information about the relative value of resources is communicated through:
a. government agencies.
b. planning committees.
c. prices
d. unions.
c
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If the price elasticity of demand is greater than 1, a monopoly's
A) total revenue increases when the firm lowers its price. B) total revenue decreases when the firm lowers its price. C) marginal revenue is negative. D) marginal revenue is zero.
Suppose that the interest rate is so low that banks currently refuse to make loans. An increase in the supply of high-powered money will
A) have no effect on the money supply if all the new high-powered money ends up as bank reserves. B) have no effect on the money supply if all the new high-powered money ends up as cash in the hands of the nonbank public. C) raise the money supply depending on banks reserve-holding ratio. D) All of the above are correct.
When a firm is experiencing economies of scale, long-run
a. average total cost is minimized. b. average total cost is greater than long-run marginal cost. c. average total cost is less than long-run marginal cost. d. marginal cost is minimized.
A quota is
A) a tax imposed on imported goods. B) a legal limit on the amount of a good that can be produced by foreign owners of a firm located in a host country. C) a legal limit on the amount of a good that can be imported. D) an agreement between two countries in which the exporting country voluntarily agrees to limit its exports to the importing country.