A. the value placed on the last unit of production by buyers exceeds the cost of production
B. the cost of production on the last unit produced exceeds the value placed on it by buyers.
C. consumer surplus is maximized
D. total surplus is maximized
E. producer surplus is maximized
Related Mcqs:
- If a benevolent social planner chooses to producer less than the equilibrium quantity of a good, then ?
A. total surplus is maximized
B. the value placed on the last unit production by buyers exceeds the cost of production.
C. producer surplus is maximized
D. the cost of production on the last unit produced exceeds the value placed on it by buyers.
E. consumer surplus is maximized - In general, if a benevolent social planner wanted to maximize the total benefits received by buyers and sellers in a market, the planner should?
A. choose a price below the market equilibrium price
B. allow the market to seek equilibrium on its own.
C. Choose any price the planner wants because the losses to the sellers (buyers) from any change in price are exactly offset by the gains to the buyers (sellers).
D. choose a price above the market equilibrium price - In Nash equilibrium each player chooses the best strategy ?
A. Assuming other players move first
B. dominated by the other players
C. given the strategies of other players
D. that is a credible threat - Annual GNP growth of 6% poverty reduced by 1% point of the population Balance of payments deficit not in excess of $200 million For a planner, the above are ?
A. achieved only through socialism
B. target variables
C. bound by soft budget
D. recurrent expenditures - A student chooses to study because the marginal benefit is greater than the ______________ cost?
A. average
B. expected
C. total
D. marginal - Sana values a pair of blue jeans at Rs400. If the price is Rs350 Sana buys the jeans and generates consumer surplus of Rs50 Suppose a tax is placed on blue jeans that causes the price of blue jeans to rise to Rs450 Now sana chooses not to buy a pair of?
A. the deadweight has demonstrated
B. the ability-to-pay principle
C. the benefits principle
D. horizontal equity
E. The administrative burden of a tax. - When a marketing research organization chooses a segment of the population that represents the population as a whole, they have chosen a ?
A. group
B. bi-variant population
C. sample
D. market target - If a company (considering its options on the product/market expansion grid) chooses to move into different unrelated fields (from what it ha ever done before) with new products as a means to stimulate growth the company would be following which of the following general strategies ?
A. market penetrations
B. market development
C. product development
D. diversification - Suppose a wave of investor and consumer pessimism in the USA causes a reduction in spending If the US federal Reserve (Which has a broader remit than the Bank of England Which is charged only with controlling inflation) chooses to engage in activist stabilization policy it should ?
A. Increase government spending and decrease taxes
B. decrease the money supply
C. decrease government spending and increase taxes
D. decrease interest rates - According to the Office of National Statistics UK, a husband who chooses to stay home and take care of household is ?
A. Employed
B. Not in the labour force
C. A discouraged worker
D. Unemployed
