A. The amount of brain drain
B. Marginal utility
C. Marginal Product
D. The substitutability of labor to capital
Related Mcqs:
- Mariam earns more than Seamus and she came by her income fairly and honestly which of the following political philosophies would argue against the redistribution of income from Mariam to Seamus ?
A. all of these answers
B. libertarianism
C. utilitarianism
D. none of these answers - If the total product of two workers is 80 and the total product of 3 workers is 90 then the average product of the third worker is ________ and the marginal product of the third worker is _________?
A. 160; 270
B. 10; 30
C. 10; 3.33
D. 30; 10 - If both input and output markets are competitive and firms are profit maximizing, then in equilibrium each factor of production earns ?
A. an amount equal to the price of output times total output
B. the amount allocated by the political process
C. an equal share of output
D. the value of its marginal product - The World Bank’s GNP per capita classification for low income middle income and high income countries respectively is ?
A. less than $900, $900-$9000 and more than $9000
B. less than $5000, $5000-$15000 and more than $15000
C. less than $100, $100-$1000 and more than $1000
D. less than $5000, $5000-$150000 and more than $150000 - A tax for which high income taxpayers pay a smaller fraction of their income than do low income taxpayers is known as ?
A. a proportional tax
B. a regressive tax
C. an equitable tax
D. a progressive tax - If the income tax rate changes from 30% to 40% on income over Rs30,000 and a person’s income is Rs 31,000 then her marginal tax rate is ?
A. 30%
B. 10%
C. 70%
D. 40% - Assume That the firms operate as purely competitive sellers (a purely competitive industry) In the long run, equilibrium price equals _________ quantity equals _________ and profits total _________?
A. $100, 2 million barrels per day $60 million
B. $80, 4 million barrels per day $70 million
C. $60, 6 million barrels per day, $20 million
D. $40, 8 million barrels per day, $0 million - Which of the following is true regarding the production and pricing decisions of monopolistically competitive firms? Monopolistically competitive firms choose the quantity at which marginal cost equals ?
A. marginal revenue and then use the demand curve to determine the price consistent with this quantity
B. average total cost and then use the supply curve to determine the price consistent with this quantity
C. marginal revenue and then use the supply curve to determine the price consistent with this quantity
D. average total cost and then use the demand curve to determine the price consistent with this quantity - Which of the following is true with regard to monopolistically competitive firms scale of production and pricing decisions Monopolistically competitive firms produce ?
A. at the efficient scale and charge a price equal to marginal cost
B. at the efficient scale and charge a price above marginal cost
C. With excess capacity and charge a price above marginal cost
D. With excess capacity and charge a price equal to marginal cost - The Ultimate effect of the invisible hand of Adam Smith is that in a competitive economy everyone ?
A. benefits if each acts in his/her own interest
B. will increase their profits in a free market
C. should act to maximize economic growth
D. should act to promote the public interest
