If a firm can adjust its employment of all inputs, then it is
a. experiencing economies of scale.
b. in the long run.
c. off its expansion path.
d. limited only by the capacity of its fixed capital.
b. in the long run.
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Assume that the expectation of declining housing prices cause households to reduce their demand for new houses and the financing that accompanies it. If the nation has highly mobile international capital markets and a flexible exchange rate system, what happens to the quantity of real loanable funds per time period and current international transactions in the context of the Three-Sector-Model?
a. The quantity of real loanable funds per time period falls, and current international transactions become more positive (or less negative). b. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables. c. The quantity of real loanable funds per time period rises, and current international transactions become more negative (or less positive). d. The quantity of real loanable funds per time period rises, and current international transactions remain the same. e. The quantity of real loanable funds per time period and current international transactions remain the same.
Suppose that in November a profit-maximizing firm has 100 employees. By December, the firm has decreased employment. One can infer that, when 100 employees are hired, the
a. firm is losing market share. b. firm is minimizing losses. c. wage exceeds the value of the marginal product of labor. d. value of the marginal product of labor exceeds the wage.