In general, a firm will be unlikely to invest as long as the
A. firm has to borrow any money to make the investment.
B. profits realized from the investment are insufficient to cover the interest payments.
C. interest rate is greater than the inflation rate.
D. firm cannot sell bonds directly to the public and instead must borrow from a bank.
Answer: B
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Jeremiah runs a bullfrog farm in Frogville, Oklahoma. Jeremiah notices that each additional worker he employs adds more to the total output than does the previous worker. Jeremiah must be
A) experiencing increasing marginal returns to labor. B) producing at a point where the average product of labor decreases as more workers are employed. C) producing at a point below his total product curve. D) mistaken because the law of decreasing returns points out that it cannot be the case that the marginal product increases as more workers are employed. E) producing at a point where the average product of labor exceeds the marginal product of labor.
All else equal, if there are diminishing returns, then what happens to productivity if both capital and labor increase?
a. Productivity will definitely fall. b. Productivity will definitely be unchanged. c. Productivity will definitely rise. d. None of the above are necessarily correct.