Microeconomics

Suppose that the competitive market for rice in Japan was suddenly mon

Suppose that the competitive market for rice in Japan was suddenly monopolized. The effect of such a change would be: A) to decrease the price of rice to the Japanese people. B) to decrease the consumer surplus of Japanese rice consumers. C) to decrease the producer surplus of Japanese rice producers. D) a welfare gain […]

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Date: September 9th, 2020

Many mining and mineral extraction processes tend to exhibit increasin

Many mining and mineral extraction processes tend to exhibit increasing returns to scale. Suppose copper mines have increasing returns, and the existing copper mines reduce their capital and labor inputs by 25 percent in response to a global recession. What is the expected impact on copper output? A) Output increases by less than 25 percent […]

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Date: September 9th, 2020