ECON 111 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Price Controls, Price Ceiling
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QUESTION 16
Positive externalities exist because:
Ā | a. |
internal benefits are greater than external benefits. |
Ā | b. |
internal benefits are greater than social benefits. |
Ā | c. |
internal benefits are less than external benefits. |
Ā | d. |
external benefits are greater than social benefits. |
Ā | e. |
internal benefits are less than social benefits. |
QUESTION 17
What is a black market?
Ā | a. |
It is an illegal market that emerges when binding price ceilings are in place. |
Ā | b. |
It is an illegal market that emerges when only binding price ceilings and binding price floors are in place. |
Ā | c. |
It is an illegal market that emerges when no price controls are present. |
Ā | d. |
It is an illegal market that emerges when binding and nonbinding price controls are in |
Ā | e. |
It is an illegal market that emerges when binding price floors are in place. |
QUESTION 18
The personal decisions of consumers and firms are based on:
Ā | a. |
external costs. |
Ā | b. |
public-good costs. |
Ā | c. |
third-party costs. |
Ā | d. |
internal costs. |
Ā | e. |
social cost. |
QUESTION 19
When the price is _________ the equilibrium price, we would expect there to be a _________, causing the market to put _________ pressure on the price until it went back to the equilibrium price.
Ā | a. |
below; shortage; downward |
Ā | b. |
above; shortage; downward |
Ā | c. |
above; surplus; upward |
Ā | d. |
above; surplus; downward |
Ā | e. |
below; surplus; upward |
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