Ecn 361 topi - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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 5 DQ 1 List and briefly explain each of the four properties of indifference curves. Provide an example where you have made a buying decision based on one or more of these properties. Justify your answer.

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...

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 ...