Which of the following statements regarding accounting and economic profits is FALSE?
A) Economic profits can be zero even if accounting profits are positive.
B) Economic profits = total revenue - (explicit + implicit costs)
C) Accounting profits can be negative if economic profits are positive.
D) Accounting profits = total revenue - explicit costs
C
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Assume that labor is the only factor of production and that wages in the United States equal $20 per hour while wages in Japan are $10 per hour. Production costs would be lower in the United States as compared to Japan if
A) U.S. labor productivity equaled 40 units per hour and Japan's 15 units per hour. B) U.S. labor productivity equaled 30 units per hour and Japan's 20 units per hour. C) U.S. labor productivity equaled 20 units per hour and Japan's 30 units per hour. D) U.S. labor productivity equaled 15 units per hour and Japan's 25 units per hour. E) U.S. labor productivity equaled 15 units per hour and Japan's 40 units per hour.
Assume a competitive price-searcher firm is earning an economic profit. The marginal revenue from selling an additional unit is $30 and the marginal cost of producing that additional unit is $23 . The firm should
a. change neither its price nor its output level b. reduce its price and increase its output level c. increase its price and reduce its output level d. reduce both its price and its output level e. increase both its price and its output level