A price ceiling means that:
A. there is currently a surplus of the relevant product.
B. government is imposing a legal price that is typically below the equilibrium price.
C. government wants to stop a deflationary spiral.
D. government is imposing a legal price that is typically above the equilibrium price.
Answer: B
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A) includes measures of changes of quality of life associated with producing output. B) includes measures of the underground economy. C) includes only transactions that take place in formal businesses. D) ignores transactions that do not take place in organized markets.
Suppose after graduating from college you get a job working at a bank earning $30,000 per year. After two years of working at the bank earning the same salary, you have an opportunity to enroll in a one-year graduate program that would require you to quit your job at the bank. Which of the following should not be included in a calculation of your opportunity cost?
a. the cost of tuition and books to attend the graduate program b. the $30,000 salary that you could have earned if you retained your job at the bank c. the $45,000 salary that you will be able to earn after having completed your graduate program d. the value of insurance coverage and other employee benefits you would have received if you retained your job at the bank