A. All costs are fixed in the short run.
B. All costs are variable in the long run
C. All costs are variable in the short run
D. All costs are fixed in the long run
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following statements is true about a market economy ?
A. With a large enough computer, central planners could guide production more efficiently than markets.
B. Market participants act as if guided by an invisible hand to produce outcomes that maximize social welfare
C. The strength of a market system is that it tends to distribute resources evenly across consumers.
D. Taxes help prices communicate costs and benefits to producers and consumers. - Which of the following statements is true if the government places a price ceiling on petrol at Rs150 per litre and the equilibrium price is Rs100 per litre ?
A. A significant increase in the demand for petrol could cause the price ceiling to become a binding constraint.
B. A significant increase in the supply for petrol could cause the price ceiling to become a binding constraint.
C. There will be a shortage of petrol
D. There will be surplus of petrol - Which of the following statements is true about the impact of an increase in the price of lettuce ?
A. Both the demand for lettuce will decrease and the equilibrium price and quantity of salad dressing will fall
B. The supply of lettuce will decrease
C. The demand for lettuce will decrease
D. The equilibrium price and quantity of salad dressing will fall
E. The equilibrium price and quantity of salad dressing will rise - Which of the following statements regarding discrimination is true ?
A. The existence of a wage differential among groups is strong evidence of discrimination in the labour market
B. Discrimination can only persist in a competitive labour market it customers are willing to pay to maintain the discriminatory practice or the government requires discrimination
C. Bigoted employers are the main source of a persistent discriminatory wage differential in a competitive market
D. Discrimination cannot exist in a competitive labor market - Which of the following statements is not true with regard to the standard properties of indifference curves ?
A. Indifference curves are downward sloping
B. indifference curves are bowed outward
C. Indifference curves do not cross each other
D. Higher indifference curve is preferred to lower ones - Which of the following statements is true ?
A. Countries all have the same growth rate and level of output because any country can obtain the same factors of production
B. Countries have great variance in both the level and growth rate of GDP/person thus poor countries can become relatively rich over time
C. Countries may have different level of GDP/person but they all grow at the same reate
D. Countries may have a different growth rate but they all have the same level of GDP/person - Which of the following statements regarding the impact of population growth on productivity is true ?
A. There is no evidence, yet that rapid population growth stretches natural resources to the point that it limits growth in productivity
B. All of these answers
C. Rapid population growth may dilute the capital stock lowering productivity
D. Rapid population growth may promote technological progress increasing productivity. - Which of the following statements regarding the loanable funds market is not true ?
A. A decrease in a country’s net capital outflow shifts the demand for loanable funds to the left
B. An increase in domestic investment shifts the demand for loanable funds to the right
C. An increase in a country’s net capital outflow shifts the supply of loanable funds to the left
D. An increase in a country’s net capital outflow raises its real interest rate - Suppose, due to political instability, Russians suddenly choose to purchase UK assets as opposed to Russian assets Which of the following statements is true regarding the value of the pound and UK net exports ?
A. The pound appreciates, and UK net exports rise
B. The pound appreciates, and UK net exports fall
C. The pound depreciates, and UK net exports rise
D. The pound depreciates, and UK net exports fall - Suppose, due to political instability, Russians suddenly choose to invest in UK assets as opposed to Russian assets Which of the following statements is true regarding UK net foreign investment ?
A. UK net foreign investment is unchanged because only UK residents can after UK net foreign investment
B. UK net foreign investment rises
C. UK net foreign investment falls
D. None of the above
