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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: While pollution regulations yield the benefit of a cleaner environment and the improved health that comes with it, the regulations come at the cost of reducing the incomes of the regulated firms' owners, workers, and customers. This statement illustrates the principle that 2. Question: Which of the following is an example of a normative, as opposed a to positive, statement? 3. Question: Refer to Table 2-2 .What is the opportunity cost to Footville of increasing the production of ...

Topic 2 DQ 2: Adam and Barb go to the store to purchase some lottery tickets. Without looking at the price, Adam says, "I’ll take 10 lottery tickets," and Barb says, "I’ll take $10 worth of lottery tickets." What is each person’s price elasticity of demand for lottery tickets? Explain your answer

ECN Topic 6 DQ 1 Suppose that a small family farm sold its output for $100,000 in a given year. The familyspent $25,000 on fuel; $40,000 on seed, fertilizer, and pesticides; and $25,000 on equipment, including maintenance. The family members could have earned $20,000 working at other occupations. What is the family's accounting cost? What is the family's economic cost? Could the family's economic cost ever exceed its accounting cost? Why?

Topic 4DQ1 The creation of knowledge is a public good. Because knowledge is a public good, profit-seeking firms tend to free-ride on the knowledge created by others and, as a result, devote too few resources to the creation of knowledge. How does the U.S. government correct for this apparent market failure?

Topic 3 DQ 1: Consider the market for white athletic socks, which consumers consider to be identical products. If the demand is very elastic and the supply is very inelastic, how would the burden of a new tax on athletic socks be shared between consumers and producers? What if the situation were reversed – a very inelastic demand and a very elastic supply? How would that change the way consumers and producers share the burden of the new tax? Justify your answer.

Topic 2 DQ 1: Explain the difference between change in quantity demanded and shift in demand. What causes change in quantity demanded? What causes a shift in demand?

ECN Topic 8 DQ 2 In the 1980s, the dangerous Ebola virus entered the United States through contaminated monkeys that were imported for use in medical experiments. Suppose this virus had not been contained but had spread to the general population. Assume that the virus is lethal in half of the people who are exposed to it. Describe the resulting effect on labor productivity

Topic 4DQ2 The Coase theorem suggests that efficient solutions to externalities can be determined through bargaining. Under what circumstances will private bargaining fail to produce a solution? Explain your answer.

Topic 1 DQ 1: If the United States could produce five televisions per hour of labor and China could produce three televisions per hour of labor, would it necessarily follow that the United States should specialize in television production? Why or why not?