Eggs have a supply curve that is linear and upward-sloping and a demand curve that is linear anddownward sloping. if a 2 cent per egg tax is increased to 3 cents, the deadweight loss of the tax
a. increases by less than 50 percent and may even decline
b. increases by exactly 50 percent.
c. increases by more than 50 percent.
d. the answer depends on whether supply or demand is more elastic.

Assume that a national restaurant firm called bbq builds 10 new restaurants at a cost of $1 million per restaurant. it outfits each restaurant with an additional $200,000 of equipment and furnishings. to partially defray the cost of this expansion, bbq issues and sells 200,000 shares of stock at $30 per share. what is the amount of economic investment that ahs resulted from bbq's actions? how much purely financial investment took place?

In three to four sentences, explain the effect of a price ceiling on the quantity of a good and who this intervention intends to assist

Which of the following best explains how the invention of money affected the barter system? a. the invention of money supplemented the barter system by providing a nonperishable medium of exchange b. the invention of money completely replaced the barter system with a free-market system c. the invention of money had no effect on the barter system d. the invention of money drastically reduced the value of goods used in the barter system 2b2t