Refer to the information provided in Figure 3.19 below to answer the question(s) that follow. Figure 3.19Refer to Figure 3.19. The market is initially in equilibrium at Point A. If supply shifts from S1 to S2 and there is an excess demand of 6 cheeseburgers, the price of cheeseburgers will have

The company that manufactures Screaming Chocolate Zonkers breakfast cereal finds that its sales collapse, it is forced into bankruptcy, and it defaults on its bonds, as a result of information on the filthy conditions in its factory, which had long

been known to management, leaking out to the general public. This incident is best thought of as an example of A) symmetric information in the financial markets. B) asymmetric information in the financial markets. C) moral hazard in the financial markets. D) the generally poor state of sanitation in the food-processing industry in the United States.

Economic reasoning suggests that individuals should spend little time learning about election candidates and other electoral issues because:

a. marginal benefit is zero. b. the information cost is too high compared to the benefit to the individual. c. information is easily available. d. the result of the election are unlikely to have a serious impact on a market-driven economy.