A. At equilibrium wages workers sleep when the boss is not looking because workers are not deeply concerned about being fired
B. At equilibrium wages workers often quit to find better jobs.
C. At equilibrium wages only minimally qualified workers apply for the job
D. At equilibrium wages, workers cannot afford a healthy diet so they fall asleep at work due to a lack of energy
E. All of these answers
Related Mcqs:
- Assume that Country A is relatively abundant in labor and Country B is relatively abundant in land Note that wages are the returns to labor and rents are the returns to land According to the factor price equalization theorem, once Country A begins specializing according to comparative advantage and trading with Country B: A. wages and rents should fall in Country A B. wages and rents should rise in Country A C. wages should rise and rents should fall in Country A D. wages should fall and rents should raise in Country A ?
XA. wages and rents should fall in Country A
B. wages and rents should rise in Country A
C. wages should rise and rents should fall in Country A
D. wages should fall and rents should raise in Country A - Which of the following help explain why firms pay bonuses to workers during particularly profitable years to prevent workers from becoming disgruntled ?
A. people are rational maximizers
B. People are reluctant to change their minds
C. People are inconsistent over time
D. People care about fairness - Suppose there are three identical vases available to be purchased. Buyer 1 is willing to pay Rs30 for one, buyer 2 is willing to pay Rs25 for one, and buyer 3 is willing to pay Rs20 for one. If the price is Rs25, how many vases will be sold and what is the value of consumer surplus in this market ?
A. Three vases will be sold, and consumer surplus is Rs80
B. One vase will be sold, and consumer surplus is Rs5.
C. One vase will be sold, and consumer surplus is Rs30.
D. Three vases will be sold, and consumer surplus is Rs0.
E. Two vases will be sold, and consumer surplus is Rs5. - If workers and firms agree on an increase in wages based on their expectations of inflation and inflation turns out to be more than they expected ?
A. none of these answers
B. Workers will gain at the expense of firms
C. neither workers nor firms will gain because the increase in wages in fixed in the labor agreement
D. firms will gain at the expense of workers. - 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 - 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 - Efficiency wages are ____ that raise _____?
A. low wages, employment
B. high wages, labor supply
C. high wages, productivity
D. high wages, employment - 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
