A worldwide hops (a flower used in brewing) shortage made stouts, ales and other specialty microbrews more pricy in 2008. Gayle Goshie, a hops farmer, blames overproduction for hops' previously cheap place on the agricultural market.
The glut pushed many hops farmers out business, which gradually helped hops prices recover. Suppose farming hops is a perfectly competitive market. How did farmers going out of business help hops prices recover? A) Fewer farmers cause the market supply curve to shift leftward, causing price to rise.
B) Fewer farmers cause an increase in market demand, causing price to rise.
C) Fewer farmers cause an increase in the surviving firms' costs, causing higher prices.
D) Fewer farmers cause the individual firms' supply curves to decrease, causing higher prices.
Ques. 2An example of a bilateral monopoly would be when a union
A) bargains with many different employers.
B) deals directly with the final consumers.
C) bargains with a monopoly.
D) bargains with a monopsony.
Ques. 3Suppose the price of a good rises. The income effect
A) shows the change in consumption that results from the change in relative price while staying on the same indifference curve.
B) shows the change in consumption that results from the change in relative price while keeping income constant.
C) is shown by decreasing income at the new relative price in order to move from the old indifference curve to the new indifference curve after the price change.
D) is shown by increasing income at the new relative price in order to move from the old indifference curve to the new indifference curve after the price change.
Ques. 4The average total cost curves for plants A, B, C and D are shown in the above figure. Which plant is best to use to produce 80 units per day?
A) plant A
B) plant B
C) plant C
D) plant D
Ques. 5What type of income tax is reflected in the table above?
A) regressive income tax
B) proportional income tax
C) progressive income tax
D) negative income tax
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