Questions from Microeconomics


Q: Explain and evaluate: “Industry complains of the higher taxes it

Explain and evaluate: “Industry complains of the higher taxes it must pay to finance subsidies to agriculture. Yet the trend of agricultural prices has been downward while industrial prices have been...

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Q: Use quintiles to briefly summarize the degree of income inequality in the

Use quintiles to briefly summarize the degree of income inequality in the United States. How and to what extent does government reduce income inequality?

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Q: Which of the following are elements of current U.S.

Which of the following are elements of current U.S. farm policy? a. Farmers are free to choose how much to plant of any particular crop. b. Direct payments. c. Price supports. d. Countercyclical paym...

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Q: Briefly discuss the major causes of income inequality. With respect to

Briefly discuss the major causes of income inequality. With respect to income inequality, is there any difference between inheriting property and inheriting a high IQ? Explain.

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Q: If women are crowded into elementary education and away from fire fighting

If women are crowded into elementary education and away from fire fighting, wages in fire fighting will tend to be than if women weren’t crowded into elementary education. a. Higher. b. Lower.

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Q: What are the main groups without health insurance?

What are the main groups without health insurance?

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Q: By increasing demand, health insurance creates: a. A

By increasing demand, health insurance creates: a. A deadweight loss related to overconsumption. b. A deadweight loss related to underconsumption. c. Neither of the above.

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Q: Suppose initially that immigrant labor and native-born labor are complementary

Suppose initially that immigrant labor and native-born labor are complementary resources. Explain how a substantial immigration might change the demand for native-born workers, altering their wages. (...

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Q: Migration between North Korea and South Korea has been prohibited since the

Migration between North Korea and South Korea has been prohibited since the end of the Korean War in 1953. South Korea is now much richer than North Korea and has a much higher marginal product of lab...

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Q: What is an export supply curve? What is an import demand

What is an export supply curve? What is an import demand curve? How do such curves relate to the determination of the equilibrium world price of a tradable good?

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