A perfectly competitive firm seeking to maximize its profits would want to maximize the difference between:
a. its marginal revenue and its marginal cost

b. its total revenue and its total cost.
c. its accounting revenue and its accounting cost.
d. its price and its marginal cost.

b

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A) segmented markets theory B) expectations theory C) liquidity premium theory D) separable markets theory

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Suppose an economy is in equilibrium. Also suppose that consumer expectations change as the threat of war increases the likelihood of an increase in taxes. This would result in:

a. an increase in equilibrium income. b. no change in equilibrium income. c. a downward shift of the aggregate supply curve. d. a decrease in equilibrium income. e. a change in the slope of the aggregate supply curve.

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