A. The upturn
B. The peeking out
C. The expansion
D. The recession
Related Mcqs:
- Regulations that arise to ensure that firms take responsibility for the social costs of their products or production processes stem from which reason for government legislation of business ?
A. To protect companies form each other
B. To protect consumers from unfair business practices
C. To protect the interests of society
D. To protect businesses from unfair consumer demands - When economists use the term real business cycle theory they are suggesting that business cycles are caused by ?
A. Shifts in aggregate supply
B. changes in export demand due to the state of the world economy
C. business confidence
D. business expectations - Suppose the price level falls but because of fixed nominal wage contracts the real wage rises and firms cut back on production This is a demonstration of the ?
A. sticky-wage theory of the short-run aggregate supply curve
B. classical dichotomy theory of the short-run aggregate supply curve
C. misperceptions theory of the short-run aggregate supply curve
D. sticky-price theory of the short run aggregate supply curve - An unspoken agreement between workers and firms that the firm will not cut wages is known as ?
A. an implicit or social contract
B. a relative-wage contract
C. employment at will
D. an explicit contract - With whom would you associate the following quote” The business of business is business” ?
A. Milton Friedman
B. Adam smith
C. Alfred Marshal
D. Karl Marx - Pricing to cover variable costs and some fixed costs as in the case of some automobile distributorships that sell below total costs is typical of which of the following pricing objectives ?
A. current profit maximization
B. product quality leadership
C. Market share leadership
D. Survival - 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 - When you consume good Q, not only do you benefit form consuming the good but other people benefit from your consumption as well, if firms produce good Q where P = MC, firms will be producing ?
A. less than the efficient level of output
B. more than the efficient level of output
C. so that consumer surplus is zero
D. the efficient level of output - In monopolistic competition of firms are making abnormal profit other firms will enter and ?
A. The marginal cost will shift outwards
B. the demand curve will shift inwards
C. The average cost will shift downwards
D. The average variable cost will increase - Income received by firms that is not returned to households or other firms is called________________?
A. savings
B. withdrawals
C. unbalanced exchange
D. exchange flow
