Exam 16: Web: Economics of Life, Health, and the Environment

You have got two job offers from two different companies. The first company offered you a salary of $12,000 while the second one offered you a salary of $13,000. You decided to take up the first job after finding you that the company had been rated as a great place to work by an international agency while the other company has not been rated by them. What is your compensating differential in this case?

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Question 41

The figure below shows the marginal social cost (MSC) curve, marginal private cost (MPC) curve and demand (D) curve for a good. -Refer to the figure above. Which of the following is true in this case?

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Question 42

The figure below shows the marginal pollution abatement costs of two companies - Alpha Electric and Beta Inc. -Refer to the figure above. If the government sets a pollution cap of 200 tons of emission, Beta Inc. will incur an abatement cost of ________.

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Question 43

The production of Dorexcyl, an industrial chemical , releases fumes that cause breathing difficulties. Is the quantity of the chemical produced under competitive market conditions optimal? Explain with the help of a suitable diagram, how a Pigouvian tax can help to internalize such an externality.

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Question 44

Pat currently earns $4,250 per month. He is willing to work in a night shift if his employer pays him $500 more than what he gets for the day shift. This implies that Pat's compensating differential in this case is ________.

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Question 45

The figure below shows the marginal pollution abatement costs of two companies - Alpha Electric and Beta Inc. -Refer to the figure above. If the government sets a pollution cap of 200 tons of emission, Beta Inc. will incur an abatement cost of ________.

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Question 46

The production of a good generates a foul-smelling gas which is released into air by factories producing the good. -Refer to the scenario above. Which of the following statements is true?

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Question 47

Which type of health expenditure can significantly lower social value?

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Question 48

John is willing to work at a job that has a 0.02% higher probability of death compared to his current job for $1,800 more per month. The value of his statistical life is ________.

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Question 49

The figure below shows the marginal pollution abatement cost curves of two firms- Company X and Company Y. -Refer to the figure above. Suppose the government allocates 30 pollution permits to each company and the price of each permit is $1,500. Company will earn . by selling permits

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Question 50

What was the main finding of Bleakley?s study on the relationship between childhood diseases or health conditions in childhood and economic conditions later in life?

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Question 51

The figure below shows the marginal pollution abatement cost curves of two firms- Company X and Company Y. -Refer to the figure above. Assume that firms are allowed to buy and sell permits. If the government allocates 30 pollution permits to each company and the price of each permit is $1,500, Company X will reduce its emission to ________.

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Question 52

The figure below shows the marginal pollution abatement costs of two companies - Alpha Electric and Beta Inc. -Refer to the figure above. Which of the following will happen if the government allocates 200 pollution permits to each company and the price of each permit is $300?

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Question 53

The figure below shows the marginal pollution abatement costs of two companies - Alpha Electric and Beta Inc. -Refer to the figure above. If neither company spends money on pollution abatement, each of them will emit ________.

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Question 54

Which of the following statement is true?

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Question 55

What is ?carbon capture?? Is it a worthwhile cost to bear to reduce carbon consumption?

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Question 56

The figure below shows the demand, supply and marginal social cost curves for a steel plant. -Refer to the scenario above. If the government imposes a tax of_ , output will_ .

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Question 57

Which of the following is true of the relationship between marginal social cost (MSC) and marginal private cost (MPC) in the presence of a negative externality?

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Question 58

To an economist,_______

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Question 59

The figure below shows the marginal pollution abatement cost curves of two firms- Company X and Company Y. -Refer to the figure above. If the government sets a pollution cap of 30 tons of emission per firm, Company Y will incur an abatement cost of ________.

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The figure below shows the marginal social cost (MSC) curve, marginal private cost (MPC) curve and demand (D) curve for a good. -Refer to the figure above. Which of the following is true in this case?

The figure below shows the marginal pollution abatement costs of two companies - Alpha Electric and Beta Inc. -Refer to the figure above. If the government sets a pollution cap of 200 tons of emission, Beta Inc. will incur an abatement cost of ________.

The production of Dorexcyl, an industrial chemical , releases fumes that cause breathing difficulties. Is the quantity of the chemical produced under competitive market conditions optimal? Explain with the help of a suitable diagram, how a Pigouvian tax can help to internalize such an externality.

Pat currently earns $4,250 per month. He is willing to work in a night shift if his employer pays him $500 more than what he gets for the day shift. This implies that Pat's compensating differential in this case is ________.

The figure below shows the marginal pollution abatement costs of two companies - Alpha Electric and Beta Inc. -Refer to the figure above. If the government sets a pollution cap of 200 tons of emission, Beta Inc. will incur an abatement cost of ________.

The production of a good generates a foul-smelling gas which is released into air by factories producing the good. -Refer to the scenario above. Which of the following statements is true?

Which type of health expenditure can significantly lower social value?

John is willing to work at a job that has a 0.02% higher probability of death compared to his current job for $1,800 more per month. The value of his statistical life is ________.

The figure below shows the marginal pollution abatement cost curves of two firms- Company X and Company Y. -Refer to the figure above. Suppose the government allocates 30 pollution permits to each company and the price of each permit is $1,500. Company will earn . by selling permits

What was the main finding of Bleakley?s study on the relationship between childhood diseases or health conditions in childhood and economic conditions later in life?

The figure below shows the marginal pollution abatement costs of two companies - Alpha Electric and Beta Inc. -Refer to the figure above. Which of the following will happen if the government allocates 200 pollution permits to each company and the price of each permit is $300?

The figure below shows the marginal pollution abatement costs of two companies - Alpha Electric and Beta Inc. -Refer to the figure above. If neither company spends money on pollution abatement, each of them will emit ________.

Which of the following statement is true?

What is ?carbon capture?? Is it a worthwhile cost to bear to reduce carbon consumption?

The figure below shows the demand, supply and marginal social cost curves for a steel plant. -Refer to the scenario above. If the government imposes a tax of_ , output will_ .

Which of the following is true of the relationship between marginal social cost (MSC) and marginal private cost (MPC) in the presence of a negative externality?

To an economist,_______

The figure below shows the marginal pollution abatement cost curves of two firms- Company X and Company Y. -Refer to the figure above. If the government sets a pollution cap of 30 tons of emission per firm, Company Y will incur an abatement cost of ________.

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Exam 16: Web: Economics of Life, Health, and the Environment

The figure below shows the marginal social cost (MSC) curve, marginal private cost (MPC) curve and demand (D) curve for a good. -Refer to the figure above. Which of the following is true in this case?

The figure below shows the marginal pollution abatement costs of two companies - Alpha Electric and Beta Inc. -Refer to the figure above. If the government sets a pollution cap of 200 tons of emission, Beta Inc. will incur an abatement cost of ________.

The production of Dorexcyl, an industrial chemical , releases fumes that cause breathing difficulties. Is the quantity of the chemical produced under competitive market conditions optimal? Explain with the help of a suitable diagram, how a Pigouvian tax can help to internalize such an externality.

Pat currently earns $4,250 per month. He is willing to work in a night shift if his employer pays him $500 more than what he gets for the day shift. This implies that Pat's compensating differential in this case is ________.

The figure below shows the marginal pollution abatement costs of two companies - Alpha Electric and Beta Inc. -Refer to the figure above. If the government sets a pollution cap of 200 tons of emission, Beta Inc. will incur an abatement cost of ________.

The production of a good generates a foul-smelling gas which is released into air by factories producing the good. -Refer to the scenario above. Which of the following statements is true?

Which type of health expenditure can significantly lower social value?

John is willing to work at a job that has a 0.02% higher probability of death compared to his current job for $1,800 more per month. The value of his statistical life is ________.

The figure below shows the marginal pollution abatement cost curves of two firms- Company X and Company Y. -Refer to the figure above. Suppose the government allocates 30 pollution permits to each company and the price of each permit is $1,500. Company ________will earn ________. by selling permits

What was the main finding of Bleakley?s study on the relationship between childhood diseases or health conditions in childhood and economic conditions later in life?

The figure below shows the marginal pollution abatement costs of two companies - Alpha Electric and Beta Inc. -Refer to the figure above. Which of the following will happen if the government allocates 200 pollution permits to each company and the price of each permit is $300?

The figure below shows the marginal pollution abatement costs of two companies - Alpha Electric and Beta Inc. -Refer to the figure above. If neither company spends money on pollution abatement, each of them will emit ________.

Which of the following statement is true?

What is ?carbon capture?? Is it a worthwhile cost to bear to reduce carbon consumption?

The figure below shows the demand, supply and marginal social cost curves for a steel plant. -Refer to the scenario above. If the government imposes a tax of_____ , output will_____ .

Which of the following is true of the relationship between marginal social cost (MSC) and marginal private cost (MPC) in the presence of a negative externality?

To an economist,_______

The figure below shows the marginal pollution abatement cost curves of two firms- Company X and Company Y. -Refer to the figure above. If the government sets a pollution cap of 30 tons of emission per firm, Company Y will incur an abatement cost of ________.

Economic Methods and Optimization: Doing the Best You Can

Demand, Supply, and Equilibrium

Consumers and Incentives,the Wealth of Nations: Defining and Measuring Macroeconomic Aggregates

Sellers and Incentives,aggregate Incomes

Perfect Competition and the Invisible Hand, Economic Growth

Trade and Why Isnt the Whole World Developed

Externalities and Public Goods, Employment and Unemployment

The Government in the Economy: Taxation and Regulation, Credit Markets

Markets for Factors of Production and the Monetary System

Monopoly and Short-Run Fluctuations

Game Theory and Strategic Play

Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition

Trade-Offs Involving Time and Risk and Open Economy Macroeconomics

Social Economics and Auctions and Bargaining

Web: Financial Decision Making

Web: Political Economy

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The figure below shows the marginal pollution abatement cost curves of two firms- Company X and Company Y. -Refer to the figure above. Suppose the government allocates 30 pollution permits to each company and the price of each permit is $1,500. Company will earn . by selling permits

The figure below shows the demand, supply and marginal social cost curves for a steel plant. -Refer to the scenario above. If the government imposes a tax of_ , output will_ .