FedEx employees use the motto "Absolutely, Positively" to express their commitment to their customers. What should be the attitude of someone who studies economics toward this sort of company ritual?
What will be an ideal response?
Such symbols of corporate culture can provide valuable information to employees in that they potentially signal what is expected in the company. However, they will not be valuable in motivating employees unless they are reinforced by the formal architecture of the firm.
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Since Ditto can always be expected to choose the same activity as Dot in the copycat game
a. any move by Dot to escape from Ditto would not be a Pareto improvement. b. any move by Dot to escape from Ditto would be a Pareto improvement. c. Ditto's choice to follow Dot is a Pareto improvement over going by himself. d. Ditto's choice to follow Dot would be a Pareto improvement over playing by himself so long as Dot does not move.
Economists proclaim that competitive firms make zero economic profit in the long run. This shows how
A) detached economists are from the real world. B) unrealistic economic theory is. C) firms cover all their cost, both monetary and non-monetary. D) firms cover only monetary cost when economic profits are zero.
A TV actor used to be a teacher. Aside from the salary, he likes both jobs equally well. If he can earn $50,000 as a teacher and $300,000 as an actor, what are his economic rent and opportunity costs as an actor?
a. Economic rent is $250,000 . opportunity costs are $50,000. b. Economic rent is $50,000 . opportunity costs are $250,000. c. Economic rent is $50,000 . opportunity costs are $300,000. d. Economic rent is $300,000 . opportunity costs are $50,000. e. Economic rent is $300,000 . opportunity costs are $350,000.
The difference between an interest rate and some other, benchmark interest rate is known as the
a. spread. b. rate difference c. rate of return differential. d. rent. e. income differential.