Rate of return regulation is equivalent to
A) average cost pricing rule.
B) marginal cost pricing rule.
C) maximizing consumer surplus.
D) maximizing producer surplus.
A
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Which of the following lists two things that both increase the money supply?
a. the Fed buys bonds and lowers the discount rate. b. the Fed buys bonds and raises the discount rate. c. the Fed sells bonds and lowers the discount rate. d. the Fed sells bonds and raises the discount rate.
Suppose Country A, a labor-abundant country, produces only wheat and cloth. The following equations illustrate the prices and costs of wheat and cloth in the country. The numbers indicate the amounts of labor and land needed to produce a unit of wheat and cloth. 'W' is the wage rate and 'r' is the rental rate of land.Price of wheat = 1w + 2rPrice of cloth = 2w + 1rSuppose Country A engages in free trade and the price of cloth increases from $3 per unit to $4 per unit. The price of wheat remains unchanged at $3 per unit. The wage rate and the rental rate change to ________ and ________, respectively.
A. $4/7; $5/7 B. $1; $5/3 C. $5/3; $2/3 D. $3/2; $1