Question 1

Figure 10-9
  
-Refer to Figure 10-9.The change in the budget constraint from BC₁ to BC₂ implies

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A) the prices of DVDs and CDs have increased. 
B) income and the prices of DVDs and CDs have increased. 
C) the price of DVDs has increased and the price of CDs has decreased. 
D) the price of DVDs has decreased and the price of CDs has increased. 
A) the prices of DVDs and CDs have increased. 
B) income and the prices of DVDs and CDs have increased. 
C) the price of DVDs has increased and the price of CDs has decreased. 
D) the price of DVDs has decreased and the price of CDs has increased. C

Question 2

Consider a downward-sloping demand curve.When the price of an inferior good decreases, the income and substitution effects

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A) work in the same direction to increase quantity demanded. 
B) work in the same direction to decrease quantity demanded. 
C) work in opposite directions and quantity demanded increases. 
D) work in opposite directions and quantity demanded decreases. 
A) work in the same direction to increase quantity demanded. 
B) work in the same direction to decrease quantity demanded. 
C) work in opposite directions and quantity demanded increases. 
D) work in opposite directions and quantity demanded decreases. C

Question 3

Which of the following statements describes economists' attitudes regarding the influence of social factors on the choices consumers make?

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A) Economists formerly believed they were very important but now they believe they are not important. 
B) Economists believe social factors affect consumer choice in markets for public goods but not in markets for private goods. 
C) Liberal economists believe social factors are very important; conservative economists do not believe social factors have any influence on consumers. 
D) Economists traditionally believed they were unimportant, but many economists now believe social factors are important. 
A) Economists formerly believed they were very important but now they believe they are not important. 
B) Economists believe social factors affect consumer choice in markets for public goods but not in markets for private goods. 
C) Liberal economists believe social factors are very important; conservative economists do not believe social factors have any influence on consumers. 
D) Economists traditionally believed they were unimportant, but many economists now believe social factors are important. D

Question 4

The substitution effect of an increase in the price of Raisin Bran refers to

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A) the decrease in the demand for Raisin Bran when its price rises. 
B) the result that consumers will now switch to a substitute good such as Cheerios, and the demand curve for Raisin Bran shifts to the left. 
C) the fact that the higher price of Raisin Bran lowers consumer's purchasing power, holding money income constant. 
D) the fact that the higher price of Raisin Bran relative to its substitutes, such as Cheerios, causes consumers to buy less Raisin Bran. 
A) the decrease in the demand for Raisin Bran when its price rises. 
B) the result that consumers will now switch to a substitute good such as Cheerios, and the demand curve for Raisin Bran shifts to the left. 
C) the fact that the higher price of Raisin Bran lowers consumer's purchasing power, holding money income constant. 
D) the fact that the higher price of Raisin Bran relative to its substitutes, such as Cheerios, causes consumers to buy less Raisin Bran.

Question 5

The income effect of an increase in the price of salmon

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A) is the change in the demand for salmon when income increases. 
B) refers to the relative price effect - salmon is more expensive compared to other types of fish - which causes the consumer to buy less salmon. 
C) refers to the effect on a consumer's purchasing power which causes the consumer to buy less salmon, holding all other factors constant. 
D) is the change in the demand for other types of fish, say trout, that results from a decrease in purchasing power. 
A) is the change in the demand for salmon when income increases. 
B) refers to the relative price effect - salmon is more expensive compared to other types of fish - which causes the consumer to buy less salmon. 
C) refers to the effect on a consumer's purchasing power which causes the consumer to buy less salmon, holding all other factors constant. 
D) is the change in the demand for other types of fish, say trout, that results from a decrease in purchasing power.

Question 6

Assume that Anne has $300 to spend on DVDs and CDs.Her optimal consumption of DVDs and CDs is illustrated by a tangency between a budget line and an indifference curve.Now assume that the price of CDs rises but the price of DVDs falls.How can you show that Anne is made better off by these price changes?

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A) Show that the price changes shift Anne's budget line outward; the budget line is tangent to a higher indifference curve. 
B) Show that the price changes move Anne along her budget line to a higher indifference curve. 
C) Show that Anne can afford to buy the optimal combination of DVDs and CDs at their original prices; then show that Anne can now reach a higher indifference curve. 
D) Show that Anne can now afford to buy more DVDs, which give her greater utility than CDs. 
A) Show that the price changes shift Anne's budget line outward; the budget line is tangent to a higher indifference curve. 
B) Show that the price changes move Anne along her budget line to a higher indifference curve. 
C) Show that Anne can afford to buy the optimal combination of DVDs and CDs at their original prices; then show that Anne can now reach a higher indifference curve. 
D) Show that Anne can now afford to buy more DVDs, which give her greater utility than CDs.

Question 7

Some economists have suggested that network externalities result in consumers being locked into the use of products with inferior technologies.Economists Stan Leibowitz and Stephen Margolis have studied cases that have been cited as examples of this and found

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A) there is no convincing evidence that the alternative technologies were superior. 
B) consumers sometimes do become locked into the use of products with inferior technologies. 
C) that in all of these cases network externalities resulted in market failure. 
D) that consumers use products with inferior technologies when their prices are lower than products with superior technologies. 
A) there is no convincing evidence that the alternative technologies were superior. 
B) consumers sometimes do become locked into the use of products with inferior technologies. 
C) that in all of these cases network externalities resulted in market failure. 
D) that consumers use products with inferior technologies when their prices are lower than products with superior technologies.

Question 8

A sunk cost is a cost that has already been paid and cannot be recovered.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Why do convex indifference curve have a negative slope?

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A) because consumers take market prices as given 
B) because consumers face a budget constraint 
C) because to keep utility constant, a consumer must get more of one good if she is to give up some of the other 
D) because scarcity implies that it is not possible to consume more of one good without giving up some of the other 
A) because consumers take market prices as given 
B) because consumers face a budget constraint 
C) because to keep utility constant, a consumer must get more of one good if she is to give up some of the other 
D) because scarcity implies that it is not possible to consume more of one good without giving up some of the other

Question 10

List three reasons why demand for a product will often increase if the product is endorsed by a celebrity.

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1.Consumers may believe that the celebri

Question 11

Consider the following hypothetical scenarios:
Scenario A: You are about to purchase a pair of 7 for All Mankind jeans for $175 and a t-shirt for $45.The sales attendant at the store tells you that the pair of jeans you wish to buy is on sale for $160 at another store, located about a 20-minute drive away.
Scenario B: You are about to purchase a pair of 7 for All Mankind jeans for $175 and a t-shirt for $45.The sales attendant at the store tells you that the t-shirt you wish to buy is on sale for $30 at another store, located about a 20-minute drive away.
Based on standard economic theory, under which scenario would you make the 20-minute trip to the other store?

Accepted Answer

A) Scenario A because the pair of jeans is a very expensive item and $15 saving is quite substantial 
B) Scenario B because a $15 saving amounts to a substantial discount (about 33 percent) 
C) in either scenario if I think a $15 savings is worth the 20-minute trip 
D) in none of these scenarios if I think the $15 saving is not worth the 20-minute trip 
E) C and D are correct answers. 
A) Scenario A because the pair of jeans is a very expensive item and $15 saving is quite substantial 
B) Scenario B because a $15 saving amounts to a substantial discount (about 33 percent) 
C) in either scenario if I think a $15 savings is worth the 20-minute trip 
D) in none of these scenarios if I think the $15 saving is not worth the 20-minute trip 
E) C and D are correct answers.

Question 12

The order of the letters along the rows of computer keyboards could be changed to allow users to type faster, but this would inconvenience the vast majority of people who learned to type with the current keyboard layout.The costs of switching to a new layout make this change unlikely.This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A) path dependency. 
B) how social influences overwhelm the substitution effect of a price change. 
C) how the elasticity of demand for typewriters has been affected by externalities. 
D) how consumers sometimes do not behave rationally. 
A) path dependency. 
B) how social influences overwhelm the substitution effect of a price change. 
C) how the elasticity of demand for typewriters has been affected by externalities. 
D) how consumers sometimes do not behave rationally.

Question 13

The income effect of a price increase causes a decrease in the quantity of a normal good demanded.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Along a downward-sloping linear demand curve

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A) the marginal utility from the consumption of each unit of the good and the total utility from consuming larger quantities increase. 
B) the marginal utility from the consumption of each unit of the good and the total utility from consuming larger quantities remain constant. 
C) the marginal utility from the consumption of each unit of the good falls and the total utility from consuming larger quantities increases. 
D) the marginal utility from the consumption of each unit of the good rises and the total utility from consuming larger quantities remain constant. 
A) the marginal utility from the consumption of each unit of the good and the total utility from consuming larger quantities increase. 
B) the marginal utility from the consumption of each unit of the good and the total utility from consuming larger quantities remain constant. 
C) the marginal utility from the consumption of each unit of the good falls and the total utility from consuming larger quantities increases. 
D) the marginal utility from the consumption of each unit of the good rises and the total utility from consuming larger quantities remain constant.

Question 15

Harvey Miller owns a baseball that was hit for a home run by Ted Williams.Harvey, a long-time Boston Red Sox fan, recently refused to sell his baseball for $75,000 even though he would not have paid someone more than $10,000 for the baseball if he did not already own it.Harvey explained his decision not to sell the baseball by noting that: "Ted Williams was my hero.This baseball has a great deal of sentimental value for me." Which of the following can explain Harvey's behavior?

Accepted Answer

A) the difference between implicit and explicit costs 
B) the scarcity of home run baseballs hit by Ted Williams 
C) the endowment effect 
D) how social influences can affect consumption choices 
A) the difference between implicit and explicit costs 
B) the scarcity of home run baseballs hit by Ted Williams 
C) the endowment effect 
D) how social influences can affect consumption choices

Question 16

The substitution effect of a change in the price of cauliflower is the portion of the change in the quantity of cauliflower demanded that can be attributed to the change in the price of a substitute vegetable such as asparagus.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The demand curve for canned peas is downward sloping.If the price of canned peas, an inferior good, rises, then

Accepted Answer

A) the income effect which causes you to reduce your canned peas purchases is smaller than the substitution effect which causes you to increase your purchases, resulting in a net increase in quantity demanded. 
B) the income effect which causes you to increase your canned peas purchases is smaller than the substitution effect which causes you to reduce your purchases, resulting in a net decrease in quantity demanded. 
C) both the income and substitution effects reinforce each other to decrease the quantity demanded. 
D) the income and substitution effects offset each other but the price effect of an inferior good leads you to buy more canned peas. 
A) the income effect which causes you to reduce your canned peas purchases is smaller than the substitution effect which causes you to increase your purchases, resulting in a net increase in quantity demanded. 
B) the income effect which causes you to increase your canned peas purchases is smaller than the substitution effect which causes you to reduce your purchases, resulting in a net decrease in quantity demanded. 
C) both the income and substitution effects reinforce each other to decrease the quantity demanded. 
D) the income and substitution effects offset each other but the price effect of an inferior good leads you to buy more canned peas.

Question 18

Economists Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy are associated with which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) They discovered the first example of a Giffen good. 
B) They have argued that social factors are not important in explaining the choices consumers make. 
C) Consumers appear to receive utility from consuming goods they believe are popular. 
D) They discovered that price changes have both income and substitution effects. 
A) They discovered the first example of a Giffen good. 
B) They have argued that social factors are not important in explaining the choices consumers make. 
C) Consumers appear to receive utility from consuming goods they believe are popular. 
D) They discovered that price changes have both income and substitution effects.

Question 19

The only Giffen goods that have been identified so far in the real world are luxury goods.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In order to derive an individual's demand curve for salmon, we would observe what happens to the utility-maximizing bundle when we change

Accepted Answer

A) income and hold everything else constant. 
B) tastes and preferences and hold everything else constant. 
C) the price of the product and hold everything else constant. 
D) the price of a close substitute and hold everything else constant. 
A) income and hold everything else constant. 
B) tastes and preferences and hold everything else constant. 
C) the price of the product and hold everything else constant. 
D) the price of a close substitute and hold everything else constant.

Figure 10-9 -Refer to Figure 10-9.The change in the budget constraint from BC₁ to BC₂ implies

Consider a downward-sloping demand curve.When the price of an inferior good decreases, the income and substitution effects

Which of the following statements describes economists' attitudes regarding the influence of social factors on the choices consumers make?

The substitution effect of an increase in the price of Raisin Bran refers to

The income effect of an increase in the price of salmon

Some economists have suggested that network externalities result in consumers being locked into the use of products with inferior technologies.Economists Stan Leibowitz and Stephen Margolis have studied cases that have been cited as examples of this and found

A sunk cost is a cost that has already been paid and cannot be recovered.

Why do convex indifference curve have a negative slope?

List three reasons why demand for a product will often increase if the product is endorsed by a celebrity.

The income effect of a price increase causes a decrease in the quantity of a normal good demanded.

Along a downward-sloping linear demand curve

The substitution effect of a change in the price of cauliflower is the portion of the change in the quantity of cauliflower demanded that can be attributed to the change in the price of a substitute vegetable such as asparagus.

The demand curve for canned peas is downward sloping.If the price of canned peas, an inferior good, rises, then

Economists Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy are associated with which of the following?

The only Giffen goods that have been identified so far in the real world are luxury goods.

In order to derive an individual's demand curve for salmon, we would observe what happens to the utility-maximizing bundle when we change

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Figure 10-9 -Refer to Figure 10-9.The change in the budget constraint from BC₁ to BC₂ implies

Consider a downward-sloping demand curve.When the price of an inferior good decreases, the income and substitution effects

Which of the following statements describes economists' attitudes regarding the influence of social factors on the choices consumers make?

The substitution effect of an increase in the price of Raisin Bran refers to

The income effect of an increase in the price of salmon

Some economists have suggested that network externalities result in consumers being locked into the use of products with inferior technologies.Economists Stan Leibowitz and Stephen Margolis have studied cases that have been cited as examples of this and found

A sunk cost is a cost that has already been paid and cannot be recovered.

Why do convex indifference curve have a negative slope?

List three reasons why demand for a product will often increase if the product is endorsed by a celebrity.

The income effect of a price increase causes a decrease in the quantity of a normal good demanded.

Along a downward-sloping linear demand curve

The substitution effect of a change in the price of cauliflower is the portion of the change in the quantity of cauliflower demanded that can be attributed to the change in the price of a substitute vegetable such as asparagus.

The demand curve for canned peas is downward sloping.If the price of canned peas, an inferior good, rises, then

Economists Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy are associated with which of the following?

The only Giffen goods that have been identified so far in the real world are luxury goods.

In order to derive an individual's demand curve for salmon, we would observe what happens to the utility-maximizing bundle when we change

Economics: Foundations and Models

Trade-Offs, Comparative Advantage, and the Market System

Where Prices Come From: the Interaction of Demand and Supply

Economic Efficiency, Government Price Setting, and Taxes

Externalities, Environmental Policy, and Public Goods

Elasticity: the Responsiveness of Demand and Supply

The Economics of Health Care

Firms, the Stock Market, and Corporate Governance

Comparative Advantage and the Gains From International Trade

Technology, Production, and Costs

Firms in Perfectly Competitive Markets

Monopolistic Competition: the Competitive Model in a More Realistic Setting

Oligopoly: Firms in Less Competitive Markets

Monopoly and Antitrust Policy

Pricing Strategy

The Markets for Labor and Other Factors of Production

Public Choice, Taxes, and the Distribution of Income

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