Answer:
D) The extra energy benefits Patrick gets from another can are no longer worth the cost. MB/MC (S)
Explanation:
The optimal quantity for Patrick to consume is 5 cans of GreenCow.
This is the quantity where MARGINAL BENEFIT EQUALS MARGINAL COST. For all quantities up to the 5th, the marginal benefit is higher than the marginal cost. This means that Patrick's net benefit is increasing, and consuming all units up to this point make him better off.
If Patrick were to consume any more than 5 cans of GreenCow, the cost of each additional can would be higher than the additional benefit (because the marginal cost curve is higher than the marginal benefit curve). Consuming any cans beyond the 5th, therefore, makes him worse off.
Answer:
B) induces buyers to consume less, and sellers to produce less.
Explanation:
Taxes are a necessary evil since they always increase the price of the goods and services that consumers buy and decrease the amount of money that producers receive from selling their goods and services. But taxes are necessary and unavoidable.
But once a market assumes all the effects of existing taxes it reaches an equilibrium price that both consumers and producers are satisfied with. If a new tax is levied than the deadweight losses are greater since consumer surplus and producer surplus are both reduced. This will lead to a reduction in the incentive that both consumers and producers have to engage in transactions. Many times consumers will substitute heavily taxed goods for other goods since they feel they are getting more from consuming those goods (consumer surplus). The same happens to producers, many producers will change their heavily taxed goods for other goods.
If the price elasticity of demand or supply of a certain good is large (elastic demand and supply), the deadweight loss will be greater.
Answer:
Specialty store
Explanation:
A specialty store is a retail business that specializes in a particular range of products and its related merchandise. A specialty store will have an extensive depth of the merchandise that its stocks. For example, a business may focus on office supplies, men clothing, or household appliances as opposed to having a wide range of consumer products.
Specialty stores will often sell their products at a premium price. They offer excellent and friendly customer service. Employees at a specialty store have in-depth knowledge about their products and will provide expert advice to customers.
Answer:
c. The "apparent," but not necessarily the "true," financial position of a company whose sales are seasonal can change dramatically during a given year, depending on the time of year when the financial statements are constructed.
Explanation:
Financial statements are used to show the financial activity of a business within a given period.
One of the principles of a accounting is periodicity. This requires businesses to report their financial position at regular intervals consistently, and not in an inconsistent manner. So if a business reports their finances twice a year. At year end and at mid year, it is possible that at mid year due to seasonal sales performance will be high and business is perceived to be highly profitable.
But financial report at end of year in the off-season will show low performance.
So for seasonal businesses there can be apparent view of a business during the year that can change dramatically because of time at which reports are made.
Answer:
b. The stock price will not change, because the market had already incorporated the information about the FDA approval announcement in the stock price.
Explanation:
If the markets are strong form efficient, it means the consensus of the market related to future impact of FDA approval on earnings would be correct, the stock price of today correctly estimates the future earnings, and therefore the stock price would not change when the earnings are released.
