Gross domestic product in the economy is measured by the
A) total number of goods and services produced in the economy.
B) dollar value of all final goods and services produced in the economy.
C) total number of goods produced in the economy.
D) total number of services produced in the economy.
Answer: B
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Credence goods are particularly susceptible to the lemons problem because
A) they have qualities that are difficult for producers to fully assess. B) they have qualities that are difficult for consumers to fully assess. C) creative responses among producers create volatility in market supply. D) creative responses among consumers create volatility in market demand.
A executive can either slack (effort e = 0) or work hard (e = 1) on behalf of shareholders. If she slacks, the firm earns a gross return of 1,000 for sure. If she works hard, there is an even chance of the gross return being 10,000 or 80,000 . Her overall utility equals her utility from wage income (of the form w1/2, where w is the wage) minus the disutility of work (simply d), or in other words
U = w1/2 – d. If she slacks, she experiences no disutility of work (d = 0) but if she works hard, the disutility of work is d = 50 . Assume that U = 0 in her next best available job. What is the optimal wage contract that shareholders would offer if they can observe the effort of the executive? a. A flat wage w = 0 and no requirement to work hard. b. A flat wage w = 50 and a requirement to work hard. c. A flat wage w = 2,500 and a requirement to work hard. d. A share of 50% of the profits and a requirement to work hard.
A public good will:
a. be efficiently provided by the free market as long as its total benefits exceed its total costs. b. be efficiently provided by the free market as long as its marginal benefits exceed its marginal costs. c. be provided in less than efficient quantities by the free market. d. be provided in efficient quantities by voluntary contributions. e. not be provided by the government.