A firm is producing 20 units with an average total cost of $25 and marginal cost of $19. If it were to increase production to 21 units, which of the following must occur? ( )
A. Marginal cost would decrease.
B. Marginal cost would increase.
C. Average total cost would decrease.
D. Average total cost would increase.
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The Laffer curve illustrates that, in some circumstances, the government can reduce a tax on a good and increase the ( )
A. deadweight loss.
B. government’s tax revenue.
C. equilibrium quantity.
D. price paid by consumers.
Jane pays Chuck $50 to mow her lawn every week. When the government levies a mowing tax of $10 on Chuck, he raises his price to $60. Jane continues to hire him at the higher price. What is the change in producer surplus, change in consumer surplus, and deadweight loss? ( )
A. $0, 0, 10
B. $0, −10, 0
C. +$10, −10, 10
D. +$10, −10, 0
A $1 per unit tax levied on consumers of a good is equivalent to ( )
A. a $1 per unit tax levied on producers of the good.
B. a $1 per unit subsidy paid to producers of the good.
C. a price floor that raises the good’s price by $1 per unit.
D. a price ceiling that raises the good’s price by $1 per unit.
When the government imposes a binding price floor, it causes ( )
A. the supply curve to shift to the left.
B. the demand curve to shift to the right.
C. a shortage of the good to develop.
D. a surplus of the good to develop.