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An inferior good is one for which an increase in income causes a(n) ?
A. decrease in supply
B. increase in demand
C. increase in supply
D. decrease in demand
Taxes creates a wedge between the sales price and purchase price that prevents the price system equating ____ and ______?
A. marginal costs, marginal benefits
B. demand, supply
C. marginal cost, marginal revenue
D. marginal cost, average cost
If my neighbour burns garden waste causing my house to fill with smoke this is an example of ?
A. a production externality
B. a second-best solution
C. transaction costs
D. a consumption externality
The price mechanism does not act as a ?
A. Signal
B. Incentive
C. Rationing device
D. Indicator of income
If the price of good is equal to the equilibrium price ?
A. there is a shortage and the price will fall
B. the quantity demanded is equal to the quantity supplied supplied and the price remains unchanged
C. there is surplus and the price will rise
D. there is a shortage and the price will rise
E. there is a surplus and the price will fall
A competitive equilibrium is Pareto-efficient because ?
A. Producers are price takers
B. consumers and producers face the same prices
C. marginal costs and benefits are equal
D. prices equal marginal cost and benefit
E. All of the above
If the market price is below the equilibrium price ?
A. quantity demanded will be greater than quantity supplied
B. quantity demanded will be less than quantity supplied
C. demand will be less than supply.
D. quantity demanded will equal quantity supplied .
Which best describes consumer surplus ?
A. The price consumers are willing to pray for a unit
B. The cost of providing a unit
C. The profits made by a firm
D. The difference the price a consumer pays for an item and the price he/she is willing to pay
Agricultural prices tend to be unstable because ?
A. Supply is price elastic
B. Demand is price elastic
C. Supply is stable
D. Demand and supply are price inelastic
The prisoners Dilemma Game demonstrates that ?
A. players are better of to act independently
B. monopoly is better than competition
C. people will always cheat
D. players are better off if they co-operate
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