Questions from General Economics


Q: 5.1. The 1990 tax on yachts and other luxury

5.1. The 1990 tax on yachts and other luxury goods was shifted forward to and backward to . 5.2. A tax paid in legal terms by producers will be partly shifted forward onto...

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Q: 4.1. The introduction of cognition into a consumer’s choice

4.1. The introduction of cognition into a consumer’s choice between healthy and unhealthy food shifts the curve downward, causing the marginal utility per dollar of to be less than t...

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Q: 2.1. In Figure 22.5, suppose the

2.1. In Figure 22.5, suppose the price of movies increases from $3 to $6. The increase in price shifts the benefit curve (marginal utility per dollar) for movies (upward/downward). For the initial qua...

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Q: 2.1. In an economy with no government sector or

2.1. In an economy with no government sector or foreign sector, saving must equal investment because a. total demand is equal to consumption and investment. b. total income is equal to consumption a...

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Q: 1.1. Based on Figure 22.1, fill

1.1. Based on Figure 22.1, fill in the blanks in the following table to identify different points on the consumer’s budget line. Figure 22.1: 1.2. In Figure 22.1 (above), suppose...

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Q: 2.1. The short-run marginal cost curve is

2.1. The short-run marginal cost curve is shaped like the letter _________ and the short-run average cost curve is shaped like the letter _________. 2.2. The negatively sloped portion of the short-ru...

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Q: 4.1. The average cost of electricity (increases/

4.1. The average cost of electricity (increases/ decreases) as the size of the wind turbine increases. 4.2. For information goods such as a music video distributed online, the cost of producing the fi...

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Q: 1.1. The computation of economic cost is based on

1.1. The computation of economic cost is based on the principle of . 1.2. A firm’s implicit cost is defined as the cost of nonpurchased inputs, such as the entrepreneur’s and . 1.3. Eco...

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Q: 3.1. The presence of explains the negatively sloped portion

3.1. The presence of explains the negatively sloped portion of a long-run average-cost curve, and the notion of explains the horizontal portion of the curve. 3.2. Consider the information provided in...

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Q: 4.1. A firm’s short-run supply curve shows

4.1. A firm’s short-run supply curve shows the relationship between on the horizontal axis and on the vertical axis. 4.2. The part of a firmâ...

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