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Mansi Mansi
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6 years ago
It may be that unions increase worker productivity by
 a. minimizing conflicts, resolving differences, and reducing job turnover
  b. using seniority rules to keep the most experienced workers employed
  c. increasing job turnover so that the least experienced workers quit
  d. allowing workers to goof off, which improves morale
  e. increasing the number of workers required to perform each task

QUESTION 2

As a result of a tariff on an imported good,
 a. domestic producers are better off because they sell more goods at the same price
  b. domestic producers are better off because they sell more goods at a higher price
  c. domestic producers are better off because they sell the same quantity of goods at a higher price
  d. domestic consumers are better off because there are more domestically produced goods available
  e. domestic consumers are neither better off nor worse off because imports do not change

QUESTION 3

If featherbedding raises the price of output produced by the union workers, it
 a. increases employment at the firm and in the industry
  b. decreases employment at the firm and in the industry
  c. increases employment at the firm but may decrease it in the industry
  d. decreases employment at the firm and increases it in the industry
  e. increases employment at the firm but reduces the number of firms so that there is no net effect on industry employment

QUESTION 4

As a result of a tariff on imports, consumers in the importing country
 a. purchase more domestically produced goods and fewer foreign goods, resulting in the consumption of fewer total goods than without the tariff
  b. purchase more domestically produced goods and fewer foreign goods, resulting in the consumption of more total goods than without the tariff
  c. purchase more domestically produced goods and more foreign goods, resulting in the consumption of fewer total goods than without the tariff
  d. purchase fewer domestically produced goods and fewer foreign goods, resulting in the consumption of more total goods than without the tariff
  e. cease importing any goods at all

QUESTION 5

Which of the following is an example of featherbedding?
 a. a craft union's restricting entry into its profession
  b. a union-imposed wage floor
  c. an increase in labor productivity that results from a decrease in quit rates
  d. attempts to reduce the sale of nonunion goods
  e. a construction workers union's requiring an unnecessarily large number of workers to do a particular job
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6 years ago
[Answer to ques. #1]  A

[Answer to ques. #2]  B

[Answer to ques. #3]  C

[Answer to ques. #4]  A

[Answer to ques. #5]  E
Mansi Author
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6 years ago
God bless you! Helped my grade so much.
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