Which of the following is NOT a private cost?
A) the health insurance costs a firm must pay for its employees
B) the pollution caused by a firm dumping its wastes into the river
C) the coffee pot that Jan dropped and broke this morning
D) the amount that a firm must pay for raw materials to make its product
B
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The figure above shows the demand for and supply of labor of students in Smallville. If the minimum wage is set at $6 per hour, how many hours do students work?
A) 12,000 hours B) 9,000 hours C) 6,000 hours D) None of the above answers is correct.
Why might a nation seek to maintain a pegged exchange rate?
A) It makes business planning easier for firms involved in the global economy. B) It removes the need to intervene in the foreign exchange market. C) It ensures that the exchange rate will remain at its equilibrium. D) It makes their currency more attractive on the foreign exchange market.
The U.S. Federal government limits the ability for private firms to harvest timber on much government land. This, it is argued, increases the amount of fuel for wildfires which often burn out of control and cost money and manpower to control
A) This suggests that the policy addressing one positive externality might have created another positive externality. B) This suggests that those who harvest timber are prone to starting wildfires. C) This suggests that the policy addressing timber harvesting created a negative externality. D) This suggests that government policy is destined to fail.
When firms are neither entering nor exiting a perfectly competitive market,
a. total revenue must equal total variable cost for each firm. b. economic profits must be zero. c. price must equal average variable cost for each firm. d. Both a and c are correct.