The figure above shows a typical perfectly competitive corn farm, whose marginal cost curve is MC and average total cost curve is ATC. The market is initially in a long-run equilibrium, where the price is $3.00 per bushel
Then, the market demand for corn decreases and, in the short run, the price falls to $2.50 per bushel. In the new short-run equilibrium, the farm produces ________ bushels of corn and sells corn at ________ per bushel. A) 250,000; $3.00
B) 250,000; $2.50
C) 300,000; $2.50
D) 200,000; $2.50
B
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The economic principle of _________________ implies that the value of the subject property is determined by the price that market participants would pay to acquire a substitute property of similar utility and desirability,
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
If aggregate planned expenditures are less than real GDP, then
A) inventories increase above their planned levels and businesses increase their production. B) unplanned inventory changes equal zero. C) inventories decrease below their planned levels and businesses increase their production. D) inventories increase above their planned levels and businesses decrease their production. E) there is no equilibrium level of real GDP.