Exam 2: The Economic Problem

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Quantity of beans (bushels) Quantity of carrots (bushels) 5 0 4 5 8 9 2 12 1 14 0 15 -The table above represents different points along a production possibilities curve. What is the marginal cost of moving from 2 bushels to 3 bushels of beans?

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Markets are best defined as

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  -In the above figure, in order for this country to move from production possibilities frontier PPF<sub>1</sub><sub> </sub>to PPF<sub>2</sub>, it might -In the above figure, in order for this country to move from production possibilities frontier PPF1 to PPF2, it might

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One point on a PPF shows production levels at 50 tons of coffee and 100 tons of bananas. Remaining on the PPF, an increase of banana production to 140 tons shows coffee production at 30 tons. Still remaining on the PPF, coffee production at 10 tons allows banana production at 160 tons. The opportunity cost of a ton of bananas is

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  -Employees at Bank of America are good at providing banking services and workers at Ben & Jerryʹs are good at making ice cream. The figure above shows the marginal cost and marginal benefit curves for ice cream. Point b represents of banking services and ice cream. -Employees at Bank of America are good at providing banking services and workers at Ben & Jerryʹs are good at making ice cream. The figure above shows the marginal cost and marginal benefit curves for ice cream. Point b represents of banking services and ice cream.

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A country that has an absolute advantage in producing all goods will .

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Specialization and trade allow countries to consume beyond their PPFs.

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Suppose a factory can be designed to produce either trucks or cars. The figure above shows the marginal cost and marginal benefit of producing trucks in terms of the forgone cars. a) What is the marginal benefit of the 25th truck? b) What is the marginal cost of the 25th truck? c) Should the 25th truck be produced? Why or why not. d) What is the marginal benefit of the 75th truck? e) What is the marginal cost of the 75th truck? f) Should the 75th truck be produced? Why or why not? g) What is the allocatively efficient quantity of trucks? China'sproduction Pakistan'sproduction in 1 day in 1 day Cloth 8 Cloth 4 Cheese 16 Cheese 12

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A point outside a production possibilities frontier indicates

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The rights of an owner to use and exchange property are

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The tradeoff between current consumption and the production of capital goods also reflects a tradeoff between

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While producing on the production possibilities frontier, if additional units of a good could be produced at a constant opportunity cost, the production possibilities frontier would be

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ʺIf an economy is producing at a point on its PPF, it has achieved allocative efficiency.ʺ True or false? Explain.

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A very, very small) country produces milk and shirts and its production possibilities frontier is in the table above. The nation is currently producing at point B. What is the opportunity cost of two additional gallons of milk? At point C? At point D? What do your results show? Production point Pages typed Web pages created A 0 and 4 B 40 and 3 C 70 and 2 D 90 and 1 E 100 and 0

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If Hong Kong continues to devote more resources to accumulating capital than the United States, Hong Kong will continue to grow more rapidly than the United States.

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Jane produces only corn, measured in tons, and cloth, measured in bolts. For her, the opportunity cost of one more ton of corn is

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  -In the above figure, at point b what is the opportunity cost of producing 2 more audio tapes? -In the above figure, at point b what is the opportunity cost of producing 2 more audio tapes?

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  -Vicky currently produces at point a in the figure above. If Vicky moves from point a to point b to point c, her opportunity cost of a modem____________. -Vicky currently produces at point a in the figure above. If Vicky moves from point a to point b to point c, her opportunity cost of a modem____________.

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Point Production of X Production of Y A 0 40 B 3 36 C 6 28 D 9 16 E 12 0 -The above table shows production combinations on a country?s production possibilities frontier. What is the opportunity cost of increasing the production of X from 0 to 3 units?

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  -The opportunity cost of producing a unit of consumption at point b in the figure ________point a. -The opportunity cost of producing a unit of consumption at point b in the figure ________point a.

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