Multiple Choice 10 points
The Nifty Gum Co. has purchased a large parcel of land for $1 million. The company recently discovered that the land is contaminated and is worthless to all possible buyers. The opportunity cost of the land is
A) $0.
B) $1 million.
C) some amount greater than $0 but less than $1 million.
D) equal to the cost of the factory that was planned to be built there.
2 Multiple Choice 10 points
Economic efficiency entails
A) producing a given amount of output with the most expensive mix of inputs.
B) producing a given amount of output with the least number of inputs.
C) producing a given amount of output with the most inputs.
D) producing a given amount of output with the cheapest mix of inputs.
3 Multiple Choice 10 points
Economists proclaim that competitive firms make zero economic profit in the long run. This shows how
A) detached economists are from the real world.
B) unrealistic economic theory is.
C) firms cover all their cost, both monetary and non-monetary.
D) firms cover only monetary cost when economic profits are zero.
Multiple Choice 10 points
A specific tax of $1 per unit of output will affect a firm’s
A) average total cost, average variable cost, average fixed cost, and marginal cost.
B) average total cost, average variable cost, and average fixed cost.
C) average total cost, average variable cost, and marginal cost.
D) marginal cost only.
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