ECON 1000 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Market Failure, Social Cost, Externality

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Alcohol is a demerit good with a negative externality of consumption. Alcohol is known to compromise a drinker"s rational ability to think and when consumed in an overdose can be fatal. Most users know this, making it a demerit good. On top of that drinkers may become violent and do things under the influence of alcohol affecting a 3rd party. The deaths caused by alcohol for example (e. g. car crashes) causes the negative externality to one"s close family. In this case, the market doesn"t take into account the social cost. Taxation of alcohol would decrease the supply if it was indirect since it would become less profitable to produce the alcohol, thus decreasing the quantity produced. An externality occurs when a good affects a third party. The effect on the third party can be caused by the producer or consumer. A positive externality means that the effect of the good on the 3rd party is beneficial.

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QUESTION 25

What will happen in a market where a binding price floor is removed?

	a.	There will be upward pressure on the prices.
	b.	The price or quantity of the product sold in the legal market will not change.
	c.	There will be downward pressure on the prices.
	d.	The products sold will become scarcer.
	e.	There will be increased pressure to buy and sell the good on the black market.

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QUESTION 26

The local bakery calculates the price elasticity of demand for its cinnamon rolls to be â1.25. This tells them that demand is ________ and price is ________ to the buyer.

	a.	perfectly inelastic; everything
	b.	perfectly elastic; meaningless
	c.	elastic; more important than the quantity
	d.	inelastic; less important than the quantity
	e.	unitary elastic; on the same level as quantity

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QUESTION 27

Marginal product is the change in:

	a.	total output minus the change in input.
	b.	total output divided by the change in input.
	c.	input divided by the change in total output.
	d.	total output plus the change in input.
	e.	total output times the change in input.

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QUESTION 28

The government imposes a tax on each plastic bag sold such that the producer of the plastic bags must pay the tax to the government. In the market for plastic bags, the:

	a.	supply curve shifts to the left.
	b.	supply curve shifts to the right.
	c.	demand curve shifts to the right.
	d.	demand curve shifts to the left.
	e.	the supply curve and the demand curve shift to the left.

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QUESTION 29

Pepsi and Coke are considered substitute goods. Because of this, one would predict that, holding all else constant, if the price of Pepsi increases, we would see:

	a.	the demand curve for Pepsi shift to the right.
	b.	the demand curve for Coke shift to the right.
	c.	no change in the demand for Coke.
	d.	the demand curve for Coke shift to the left.
	e.	the demand curve for Pepsi shift to the left.

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QUESTION 30

The government has identified a situation where the production of a good is creating a negative externality. The government should enact legislation to require firms to internalize the externality:

	a.	as long as there are positive health benefits associated with this policy.
	b.	as long as it will not increase the price of the good being produced.
	c.	in all such cases.
	d.	if the benefits of doing so outweigh the costs.
	e.	as long as it will not create unemployment in this industry.

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QUESTION 31

The out-of-pocket expenses incurred in producing a good are also known as:

	a.	wages and prices.
	b.	fiduciary costs.
	c.	explicit costs.
	d.	capital costs.
	e.	implicit costs.

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1. Explain the difference between the change in Supply and change in quantity supplied. Draw a diagram of the two changes and provide an example.

2.Draw, label and describe the 5 elastic measures-provide an examble of each.

3. Carefully draw, label and explain the Total Utility vs. Marginal Utility curves on a diagram. How do we define equilibrium in Utility Theory?

4. Indifference Curves: Carefully draw, label and expalin the budget line vs. indifference consumption curve and show equilibrium.

5. Describe the following Production Cost Terms: The short run, the long run, the very long run, implicit costs, explicit costs, acounting profits, economic profits.

6. Draw the profit max diagram of a monopoly and perfect competition. Compare and contrast both diagrams.

7. Just recently google was found not guilty in a major anti-trust case. Was googel 1. attempting to monopolize a market? 2.Attempting to become the oligopolisitc leader or 3. just engage in fair competition. Explain each concept carefully.

8. Summarize the MPP>MPC>MRP rule. How does it explain how your wages are determined? Provide a personal example.

9. Dogs kept in a backyard and are barking constantantly are notorious in most city neighborhoods. Do these dogs pose a negative or positive externality? What (if anything) should the city do about these externalities?

10. Dr. Joseph Stiglits, Nobel Economist, recently published "The Price of Inequality". In the book, he states the gap between the very wealthy and eeryone else has caused our economy to falter, and will continue this trend unless we are able to reverse course. For example, the Median wealth fell by 40% between 2007 and 2010, while the wealthy became wealthier. Is the current economic largess due to our high national debt or the slowdown in consumer spending, please explain.

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1. In every society, choices must be made because resources are

a. Infinite, but economic want are finite

b. Finite, but economic wants are insatiable

c. Unlimited, but economic wants limited

d. Limited, and so are economic wants

2. Which question is an illustration of a microeconomic question

a. Is the quantity of wine purchased in one year dependent upon the price of wine?

b. Does government spending influence the total level of employment in the economy?

c. Is the purchasing power of the dollar higher or lower today than it was in 2000?

d. Is capitalism superior to socialism?

3. The purpose of the ceteris paribus assumption used in economic analysis is to :

a. Avoid making normative statements

b. A void the post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy

c. Make sure that all relevant factors are considered

d. Restrict the analysis to effect of a single economic factor

4. The profit motive is

a. Ineffective at producing consumer goods

b. Inherently beneficial to society if left alone to pursue its own self interests

c. Effective at producing goods when consumption is non-rival or non-excludable

d. Is often at odds with societies interests

5. In the system of central planning

a. There is repaid of the infrastructure

b. There is severe inflation in wholesale and retail prices

c. Economic growth leads to widespread unemployment among workers

d. The outputs of some industries become inputs for other industries

6. The market system communicates changes in supply and demand and elicits appropriate responses from businesses and resource suppliers. This is known as the:

a. Rationing function of prices

b. Guiding function of prices

c. Monetary function of prices

d. Circular flow of income

7. An increase in the quantity of automobiles supplied would be caused by which be caused by which of the following?

a. An increase in the demand for automobiles

b. A decrease in the demand for automobiles

c. Higher prices for steel

d. Higher prices for gasoline

8. All of the following would cause an increase in the demand for private airplanes at a given price, except a:

a. Decrease in interest rates

b. Increase in consumer incomes

c. Decrease in taxes on luxury goods

d. Decrease in the costs of constructing private airplanes

9. In modern economies of mass production,

a. Biological need motivates most consumption

b. The intrinsic value of goods and services motivates mass consumption

c. Affluence makes relative depravation meaningless

d. Invidious comparison motivates much of mass consumption

10. a more equal distribution of income in the United States would result in greater total consumer satisfaction. This statement is based on the concept that:

a. Income inequality is unfair

b. Income inequality is undemocratic

c. Income equality stimulates efficiency

d. Incomes are subject to diminishing marginal utility

11. While command systems suffer from incentive problems, market economies

a. Have no incentive problems

b. Suffer from incentive problems of their own

c. Tend to resolve all problems by their own dynamics

d. Have problems to the degree that there is government interference.

12. What economic concepts can be used to explain the reason that a new car purchased by a consumer and driven off a new car lot decrease in value almost immediately compared with the value of the same make and model of a car still on the new car lot?

a. Positive and negative externalities

b. Liability rules and lawsuits

c. The Coase theorem and moral hazard

d. Asymmetric information and adverse selection

13. Consider a situation where the U.S. Congress wants to place a special tax on private airplanes to increase tax revenue. This tax would only be effective in raising new tax revenues if the price elasticity of:

a. Supply is elastic

b. Supply is inelastic

c. Demand is elastic

d. Demand is inelastic

14. Under what circumstances would you expect economic profits to be zero in a particular industry?

a. During a recession

b. When there is little competition in the industry

c. When the industry is neither expanding nor contracting

d. When the demand for the product being produced is increasing

16. If economic resources are perfectly interchangeable between the two products shown on a production possibilities graph:

a. The economy will always be at full employment

b. More of one product can be produced without producing less fo the other product

c. The production possibilities curve would be straight line

d. The two products are of equal value to the economy

17. Opportunity cost is best defined as:

a. Marginal cost minis marginal benefit

b. The time spent on an economic activity

c. The value of the best foregone alternative

d. The money cost of an economic decision

18. All of the following would affect the position of a country production possibilities curve expect:

a. The quality of labor

b. The level of employment

c. The amount of the capital stock

d. Technological progress

19. The post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy consists of:

a. Using an example to a different point

b. Inferring causality from chronological sequence

c. Jumping to conclusions from an inadequate number of cases

d. Arguing for or against the person rather than the position being supported

20. Which is one of the five fundamental question that needs to be answered by economic system

a. What is the rate of unemployment?

b. Who will be the richest person in the economy?

c. What goods and services will be produced?

d. Why are the prices for goods and services so high?

21. The institution of private property is sustained over time by:

a. Competition

b. Bequests

c. Self-interest

d. Free enterprise

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