Resource use is allocatively efficient if the
A) total cost of what the resource produces is less than the total benefit of what is produced.
B) total cost of what the resource produces is equal to the total benefit of what is produced.
C) marginal benefit of what the resource produces has diminished to zero.
D) marginal cost of what the resource produces is equal to the marginal benefit of what is produced.
D
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Under a Cournot duopoly, the collusion curve represents:
A) all possible allocations of the pure monopoly quantity among the two firms in the duopoly. B) all possible allocations of the pure monopoly quantity that would be possible if the two firms in the duopoly did not cooperate. C) all optimal price-quantity outcomes for a cartel rather than a Cournot duopoly. D) the potential profits to be earned by firms in a collusive cartel.
Which of the following are complementary resources?
a. margarine and butter used in baking b. sugar and honey used in cereals c. a teacher and a chalkboard d. rye and wheat bread used in a sandwich shop e. a typewriter and a personal computer used in an office