If a perfectly competitive firm is currently employing workers to the point where the value of the last worker's marginal product is equal to the wage rate, and the government imposes a minimum wage higher than the value of the worker's marginal
product, we can predict that A) the firm will pay the higher wage rate and not change the number of workers hired.
B) the firm will no longer employ the marginal worker.
C) the firm will increase its price.
D) the firm will employ more workers.
B
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What assumption(s) is (are) necessary to generate a kinked demand curve?
a. all firms in the industry ignore the price changes made by any one firm b. any price decrease will be ignored but price increases will be followed c. all firms will follow a price decrease but will ignore any price increase d. all price changes made by any firm will be followed by all of the other firms e. price can increase, but not decrease
Suppose you win a small lottery and you are given the following choice: You can receive (1) an immediate payment of $10,000 or (2) two annual payments, each in the amount of $5,200, with the first payment coming one year from now, and the second payment coming two years from now. You would choose to take the immediate payment of $10,000 if the interest rate is
a. 2 percent, but not if the interest rate is 1 percent. b. 3 percent, but not if the interest rate is 2 percent. c. 4 percent, but not if the interest rate is 3 percent. d. 5 percent, but not if the interest rate is 4 percent.