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The implicit cost of capital is
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the opportunity cost of capital used by a business
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Sarah's accountant tells her that she made a profit of 43,002 running a pottery studio in Orlando. Sarah's husband- an economist- claims Sarah lost 43,002 running her pottery studio. This means her husband is claiming that she incurred ______ in ______ costs
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$86,004; implicit
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Accounting profit differs from economic profit because:
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economic costs are generally higher than accounting costs because economic costs include all opportunity costs, while accounting costs include only explicit costs.
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Profit is the difference between ______ and ______
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total revenues; total costs
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Pauli's Pizza offers the following prices: one slice for 2$, two slices for 3.50, three slices for 4.50, four slices for 5.00. Sal orders two slices. From this we know that Sal's marginal benefit from the second slice must be at least _____ while the marginal benefit from the third slice must be less than _______.
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1.50; 1.00
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If marginal costs of production are greater than marginal revenue from sales:
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too much of the good is being produced
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The ____ is the increase in output obtained by hiring an additional worker.
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marginal product
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The marginal product of the fifth worker is
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4
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the average product when four workers are employed is
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9
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the long run is a planning period
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long enough such that a firm can consider all inputs as a variable
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You own a small deli that produces sandwiches, soups, and other items for customers in your town. Which of the following is a fixed input in the production function at your deli?
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the dining room where customers eat their meals
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The figure shows a production function changing from TP1 to TP2. Which of the following choices is a likely cause of this shift?
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the firm employed more of a fixed input in the long run
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Melanie's printing and copying shop wants to produce more output. In the short run, Melanie can:
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hire more workers to operate a third shift
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A cost that does not change with the level of output produced is called a:
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fixed cost
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The table shows some cost data for a firm currently operating in the short run. What is the value of the total fixed cost for this firm?
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$50
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What is the value of the total variable cost for this firm when the firms is producing five units of output?
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$190
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At what level of output is marginal revenue equal to marginal cost for this seller of gizmos?
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5
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The short run is always defined as a period that is:
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long enough such that output can vary, but plant capacity cannot.
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An input whose quantity can be changed during the short run is a:
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variable input
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An input whose quantity CANNOT be changed during the short run is a:
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fixed input
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The change in total output resulting from one-unit increase in the quantity of an input used, holding the quantities of all other inputs constant, is:
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marginal product
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Between points A and B the marginal product of labor is:
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falling
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When hiring units of labor between zero and L1 units of labor, which of the following statements is true?
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The marginal product of labor is increasing
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After hiring L2 units of labor and producing at point B on the total product curve, hiring more units of labor would result in which of the following statements being true?
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The marginal product of labor is negative
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Using the information from the table, when quantity increases from one to two, marginal cost equals:
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8
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Using the information in the table, when quantity equals four, total variable cost equals
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48
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When quantity equals three, average total cost equals:
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17
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The _____ curve continually declines as more output is produced in the short run.
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average fixed cost
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In the figure, the total cost of producing five pairs of boots is approximately
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$408
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A is the ____ cost curve
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marginal
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Point E corresponds to the
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minimum of average total cost
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B is the ____ cost curve
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average total
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Point D corresponds to the
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intersection of marginal and average variable cost
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Sunk costs:
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are not considered in marginal analysis.
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The long-run average cost curve will be upward sloping when the firm is experiencing:
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diseconomies of scale
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Output per period in the region from 0 to A indicates that a firm is experiencing:
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economies of scale
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Output per period in the region A to B indicates that a firm is experiencing:
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constant returns to scale
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Output per period in the region B to C indication that a fimr is experiencing
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diseconomies of scale
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If a firm faced a long-run average total cost curve as show in the figure, and it expected to produce 100,000 units of the good in the long run, the firm should build the plant associated with
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ATC2
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In the long run, all costs are:
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variable