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1. Question: Government vouchersto purchasefood, alsoknownasfood stamps,are anexample of 2. Question: Ifthewagesofadentistincrease,whichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrue? 3. Question: Figure18-5RefertoFigure18-5.IftherelevantlaborsupplycurveisS2andthecurrentwageis 4. Question: Suppose that an industrial accident at a factory destroys a significant number of high-speed blenders that bartenders use to mix frozen drinks. What will happen in the labor market for bartenders? 5. Question: Which of...

1. Question: Thelaborsupplycurvemayhaveabackward-bendingportionif,athigherwages,theincomeeffectis thepriceofricerises,heconsumesmorerice.ForPaulo, 2. Question: Table21-2Aconsumerlikestwogoods:pizzaandbeer.Thefivebundles shownin thefollowingtablelieonthesameindifferencecurvefortheconsumer. 3. Question: RefertoTable21-2. Whichofthefollowingstatementsregardingthesebundlesiscorrect? 4. Question: When a consumer is purchasing the best combination of two goods, X and Y, subject to a budgetconstra...

1. Question: Government vouchersto purchasefood, alsoknownasfood stamps,are anexample of 2. Question: Ifthewagesofadentistincrease,whichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrue? 3. Question: Figure18-5RefertoFigure18-5.IftherelevantlaborsupplycurveisS2andthecurrentwageis 4. Question: Suppose that an industrial accident at a factory destroys a significant number of high-speed blenders that bartenders use to mix frozen drinks. What will happen in the labor market for bartenders? 5. Question: Which of...

1. Question: Scenario 13-3Ziva is an organic lettuce farmer, but she also spends part of her day as a professional organizing consultant. As a consultant, Ziva helps people organize their houses. Due to the popularity of her home- organization services, Farmer Ziva has more clients requesting her services than she has time to help if she maintains her farming business. Farmer Ziva charges $25 an hour for her home-organization services. One spring day, Ziva spends 10 hours in her fields planting ...

1. Question: A firm's opportunity costs of production are equal to its 2. Question: Adibok knows that it produces and sells high-quality athletic shoes. Wurkout knows that it produces and sells low-quality athletic shoes. According to the signaling theory of advertising, 3. Question: Monopolistic competition is considered inefficient because 4. Question: Table 17-5 The table shows the town of Driveaway's schedule for gasoline. Assume the town's seller(s) incurs a cost of $2 for each ga...

ECN Topic 8 DQ 1 Using the theory of wage determination, explain why wages in developing countries, where levels of capital are small, are typically quite low.

Topic 3 DQ 2: Does the United States' labor supply tend to be more elastic or more inelastic? Explain the competing theories discussed in the textbook. Which seems more convincing to you?Explain your answer.

ECN Topic 7 DQ 2 In markets where the government imposes an excise tax on unit sales, it also has a tendency to dabble with restrictions on advertising (for example, cigarettes and hard liquor). Do potential (or actual) restrictions on advertising in these markets serve the interest of a government that is interested in maximizing its tax revenue from the sale of these products? Explain your answer.

ECN Topic 7 DQ 1 In many college towns, private independent bookstores typically locate on the periphery of the college campus. However, in some college towns, the university has used political power to restrict private bookstores near campus through community zoning laws. Use your knowledge of markets to predict the price and quality of service differences in the market for college textbooks under the two different market regimes.

Topic 6 DQ2 News reports from the western United States occasionally report incidents of cattle ranchers slaughtering many newborn calves and burying them in mass graves rather than transporting them to markets. Assuming that this is rational behavior by profit-maximizing "firms," explain what economic factors may influence such behavior.