Pure economic rent is a payment to a resource that
A) has a high opportunity cost.
B) has a perfectly inelastic supply.
C) has a negative opportunity cost.
D) has a perfectly elastic demand.
B
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All of the following are criticisms of the Lorenz curve analysis EXCEPT
A) income-in-kind is not figured in. B) the inequality gap is not an issue that economists study. C) different sizes of households are ignored. D) it does not take into consideration lifetime earnings.
Which of the following is true?
A. The completion of the transcontinental railroad system in the 1880s eventually made the United States the world's first mass market. B. Southern manufacturers were hurt by the high protective tariffs of the 19th century that kept out cheaper British manufactured goods. C. Agricultural inventions such as John Deere's steel plows greatly improved farm productivity. D. All of the choices are true.