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3.1. Demand is _________ on the upper portion of a linear demand curve and _________ on the lower portion of a linear demand curve. 3.2. If Maria spends a fixed dollar amount per week on movie rental...
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4.1. The income elasticity of demand is _________ (positive/ negative) for normal goods and _________ (positive/ negative) for inferior goods. 4.2. If a 20 percent increase in income increases the qu...
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5.1. Clear property rights reduce growth in an economy because producers are not able to freely use innovations. ____________ (True/False) 5.2. Which of the following events hinder economic growth?...
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5.1. When the price of paper increases from $100 to $104 per ton, the quantity supplied increases from 200 to 220 tons per day. The price elasticity of supply is _________. 5.2. Suppose that in a mon...
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6.1. Assume that the elasticity of demand for chewing tobacco is 0.70 and the elasticity of supply is 2.30. Suppose an antichewing campaign decreases the demand for chewing tobacco by 18 percent. The...
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2.1. Recall the example “Beer Prices and Highway Deaths†from the chapter. A doubling of the tax on beer will reduce the number of highway deaths among young adults...
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1.1. Consumer surplus equals minus . 1.2. Producer surplus equals minus . 1.3. In Figure 21.1, Tupak’s consumer surplus is , co...
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3.1. Arrow up or down: In Figure 21.5, rent control the quantity of apartments , producer surplus, consumer surplus , and the total market surplus...
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4.1. In Figure 21.6, the taxi medallion policy prevents mutually beneficial transactions for consumers on the demand curve between points and and producers on the supply curve between...
See AnswerQ: 2.1. You are willing to pay $3,
2.1. You are willing to pay $3,000 to have your windows covered, and Tom’s marginal cost of covering windows is $2,500. If you agree to split the difference, the price is ,...
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