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In the above figure, the price paid by the buyer the tax is _____________ per compact disc, and the price paid by the buyer after the tax is _____________ per compact disk.
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$20; $30
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In the above figure, the price received by the seller before tax is _____________ per compact disc, and the price received and kept by the seller after the tax is _____________ per compact disk.
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$20; $10
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In the above figure, what is the amount of the tax per compact disc?
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$20
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In the above figure, what is the total tax revenue collected by the government?
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$400 million
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In the above figure, who pays the larger share of the tax?
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buyers and sellers each pay the same amount of the tax and each pays $10 per compact disk
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A sales tax is imposed on the sellers of gasoline. This tax shifts
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the supply of gasoline curve leftward
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When a sales tax is imposed on sellers, the supply curve shifts so that the vertical distance between the old and the new supply curve equals the
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amount of the sales tax
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The demand and the supply for a good are each neither perfectly elastic nor perfectly inelastic. If a sales tax on sellers of the good is imposed, the tax is paid by
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both buyers and sellers
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The amount of a tax paid by the buyers will be smaller the
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more elastic the demand and the more inelastic the supply
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If a tax is imposed in a market in which demand is perfectly inelastic
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the buyers pay the entire tax
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To help pay for the cost of sport related injuries, the government imposes a tax on sellers of all sports equipment. Referring to the above figure, how much tax per unit has the government imposed?
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ca
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To help pay for the cost of sport related injuries, the government imposes a tax on sellers of all sports equipment. Using the above figure, how much deadweight loss results from this tax on sports equipment?
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acd
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The demand and the supply for a sofa are each neither perfectly elastic nor perfectly inelastic. A tax on the buyers of sofas
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decreases the size of the sofa market
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The demand and the supply for cereal are each neither perfectly elastic nor perfectly inelastic. A tax on the buyers of cereal will increase the price of cereal paid by the buyers,
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decrease the effective price of cereal received by sellers, and decrease the equilibrium quantity of cereal
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A tax on the buyers of personal computer external hard drives encourages
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buyers to demand a smaller quantity at every price
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A $3 tax levied on the buyers of shoes will cause the
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demand curve for shoes to shift down by $3
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The demand and the supply for a good are each neither perfectly elastic nor perfectly inelastic. Which of the following is not correct?
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taxes levied on sellers and taxes levied on buyers are not equivalent
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In the above figure, which of the following statements is correct?
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the tax is levied on buyers of the good, rather than on sellers
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In the above figure, what is the amount of the tax per unit?
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$8
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In the above figure, the per-unit burden of the tax on buyers of the good is
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$6
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In the above figure, Andrew is a buyer of the good. Taking the tax into account, how much does Andrew effectively pay to acquire one unit of the good?
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$24
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In the above figure, suppose sellers, rather than buyers, were required to pay this tax (in the same amount per unit as shown in the graph). Relative to the tax on buyers, the tax on sellers would result in
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buyers bearing the same share of the tax burden
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In the above figure, in the after-tax equilibrium, government collects
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$1,680 in tax revenue; of this amount $1,260 represents a burden on buyers and $420 represents a burden on sellers
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The elasticity of demand for chocolate chip cookies is 0.6 and the elasticity of supply for these cookies is 1.9. If a tax is imposed on purchases of chocolate chip cookies, then the
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consumers would pay more of the tax
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On Green Island, the demand for pencils is perfectly elastic and the supply of pencils is perfectly inelastic. If a sales tax on pencils is introduced,
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the sellers pay the entire tax
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A period of time in which the quantity of at least one factor of production used by a firm is fixed is called the
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short run
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A period of time in which the quantity of all factors of production used by a firm can be varied is called the
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long run
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Total cost is equal to the
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sum of the total fixed cost and the total variable cost
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Which type of cost is does not change as the quantity of output produced changes?
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fixed cost
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A firms total variable cost (TVC) is defined as a cost that
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changes as the firm changes its output
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Ernie's Earmuffs produces 200 earmuffs per year at a total cost of $2,000 and $400 of this cost is fixed. What is Ernie's total variable cost?
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$10
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Marginal cost is calculated as
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the increase in total cost divided by the increase in output
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The table above gives costs at Jans Bike Shop. Unfortunately, Jans record keeping has been spotty. Each worker is paid $100 a day. Labor costs are the only variable costs of production. What is the total cost of producing 50 bikes?
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$400
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The table above gives costs at Jans Bike Shop. Unfortunately, Jans record keeping has been spotty. Each worker is paid $100 a day. Labor costs are the only variable costs of production. What is the total variable cost of producing 60 bikes?
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$300
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Use the data in the table above and suppose that labor is the only variable factor of production. If each worker is paid $42.00 per day, what is the average variable cost to Decent Donuts of producing 122 dozen donuts per day?
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$2.41
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Cindys Sweaters production function is shown in the above table. Cindy rents two knitting machines for $30 a day each and hires workers at a wage rate of $40 a day. If Cindy produces 18 sweaters per day, what is her total cost?
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$180
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Cindys Sweaters production function is shown in the above table. Cindy rents two knitting machines for $30 a day each and hires workers at a wage rate of $40 a day. If Cindy produces 20 sweaters per day, what is her average fixed cost of production?
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$3.00
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Cindys Sweaters production function is shown in the above table. Cindy rents two knitting machines for $30 a day each and hires workers at a wage rate of $40 a day. Wha is the marginal cost of the 19th sweater?
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$20.00
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Cindys Sweaters production function is shown in the above table. Cindy rents two knitting machines for $30 a day each and hires workers at a wage rate of $40 a day. If Cindy produces 18 sweaters per day, what is her average total cost?
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$10.00
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In the figure above, curve C is the ________________ curve.
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average variable cost
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In the figure above, curve A is the ________________ curve.
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marginal cost
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In the figure above, curve B is the ________________ curve.
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average total cost
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The marginal cost (MC) curve intersects the
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ATC and AVC curves at their minimum points
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The minimum points of the average variable cost and average total cost curves occur where the
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mariginal cost curve intersects those curves
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Which of the following shifts the ATC curve upward at the XYZ Co.?
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both answers A and C are correct
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Which of the following shifts the AVC curve upward at Barney's Bagel Bakery?
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an increase in the hourly wage that Barney pays his workers
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A change in technology that increases the firms total productivity without changing the quantity of resources used
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shifts the average total cost curve downward
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The change in total cost from producing another unit of output equals the
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marginal cost
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Which of the following statements is true?
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In the long run, all costs are variable costs
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The above table shows some cost data for Traceys Tents. What is the marginal cost of the 3rd tent?
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$25
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The above table shows some cost data for Traceys Tents. What is the average total cost when output is 3?
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$40
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The above table shows some cost data for Traceys Tents. What is the average fixed cost when 4 tents are produced?
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$12.50
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The long-run average cost curve is the
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relationship between the lowest attainable average total cost and output when both the plant size and labor are varied
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Dustins copy shop can use four alternative plants. The figure above shows the average total cost curves for Plant 1 (ATC1), Plant 2 (ATC2), Plant 3(ATC3), and Plant (ATC4). What is Dustins long-run average cost if the output is 3,000 copies per day?
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3.7 cents per copy
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Dustins copy shop can use four alternative plants. The figure above shows the average total cost curves for Plant 1 (ATC1), Plant 2 (ATC2), Plant 3(ATC3), and Plant (ATC4). Dustins minimum efficient scale is
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4,000 copies per day
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The 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 20 units per day?
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plant A
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The 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 60 units per day?
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plant B
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The average total cost curves for plants A,B,C, and D are shown in the above figure. The plant size that is the most economically efficient
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depends on the desired level of output
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The short run is a time frame in which
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the quantities of some factors of production are fixed and the quantities of other factors of production can be varied
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In the long-run, a firm has
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no factors of production that are fixed
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If the average total cost of producing 20 sweaters an hour falls when the firm doubles all its inputs, then the
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firm experiences economies of scale
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When long-run average costs decrease as output increases, there are
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diseconomies of scale
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If a firm experiences constant returns to scale at all output levels, then its long-run average total cost curve would
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be horizontal
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A key characteristic of a competitive market is that
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producers sell nearly identical products
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In perfect competition, the product of a single firm
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has many perfect substitutes produced by other firms
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A market is competitive if
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(ii) and (iii) only