A. maximize producer surplus
B. are efficient
C. are inefficient
D. are equitable
Related Mcqs:
- If a producer has market power (can influence the price of the product in the market) then free market solutions ?
A. are equitable.
B. are efficient
C. maximize consumer surplus
D. are inefficient - 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. - A positive externality generates ?
A. a social cost curve that is above the supply curve (private cost curve) for a good
B. none of these answers
C. a social value curve that is above the demand curve (private value curve) for good
D. a social value curve that is below the demand curve (private value curve) for a good - A negative externality generates ?
A. a social cost curve that is below the supply curve (private cost curve) for a good
B. none of these answers
C. a social cost curve that is below the supply curve (private cost curve) for a good
D. a social value curve that is above the demand curve (private value curve) for a good - When an individual buys a car in a congested urban area, it generates ?
A. a positive externality
B. a technology spillover
C. an efficient market outcome.
D. a negative externality - There is a decentralized market where geographically dispersed dealers are linked by telephones and computer screens. The market is for securities not listed on a stock or bond exchange. Name the market ?
A. Grey market
B. Over-the counter (OTC)
C. Open market
D. Back market - If all firms in a market have identical cost structures and if inputs used in the production of the good in that market are readily available, then the long-run market supply curve for that good should be ?
A. downward sloping
B. perfectly inelastic
C. upward sloping
D. perfectly elastic - The normal rate of profit for relatively risk-free firms will be _________ the interest rate on risk-free government bonds?
A. approximately one-half
B. smaller than
C. larger than
D. approximately equal to - Which of the following are potential solutions to the problem of air pollution?
A. Grant right of the clean air to citizens so that firms must purchase the right to pollute
B. Auctions off pollution permits.
C. Regulate the amount of pollutants that firms can put in the air
D. all of these answers - Which side of the market is more likely to lobby government for a price floor ?
A. the buyers
B. Neither buyers nor sellers desire a price floor.
C. the sellers
D. Both buyers and sellers desire a price floor.
