Why is a futures contract considered valuable by both producers and consumers?
The futures contract is valuable to both producers and large consumers because it acts as a hedge which lessens the risk associated with the volatile spot prices.
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Economic analysis assumes that
a. people act only out of selfish motives. b. people are motivated by a variety of forces; however, changes in personal benefits and costs affect behavior only when individuals are motivated by selfishness. c. people are basically unselfish, and their actions are, therefore, difficult to predict. d. changes in the personal benefits and costs associated with an activity will exert a predictable influence on the behavior of both those who are selfish and those who are unselfish.
A budget line is constructed to show
a. how consumers who budget their expenditures achieve more satisfaction than those who do not. b. the set of all baskets that the consumer can afford, given prices and his or her income. c. the set of all baskets that the consumer would be willing to purchase given various prices for the goods in the basket. d. the set of all baskets that the consumer considers equally desirable.