Regulation
A) always increases consumer surplus.
B) passes the cost-benefit test.
C) solves market failures of all size.
D) None of the above.
D
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Missouri can produce 10,000 tons of pecans per year or 5,000 tons of pears per year. Washington can produce 12,000 tons of pecans per year or 48,000 tons of pears per year. Which of the following statements about opportunity cost is CORRECT?
A) The opportunity cost of a ton of pecans is 2 tons of pears per ton of pecans for Missouri and 1/4 ton of pears per ton of pecans for Washington. B) The opportunity cost of a ton of pears is 2 tons of pecans per ton of pears for Missouri and 1/4 ton of pecans per ton of pears for Washington. C) The opportunity cost of a ton of pecans is 1/2 ton of pears per ton of pecans for Missouri and 4 tons of pears per ton of pecans for Washington. D) Both answers B and C are correct.
Except during the Great Depression, net investment has always been ________
A) equal to depreciation B) equal to zero C) positive D) negative