The tiny South Pacific island country of Maroji produces a lot of milk and milk-based products. To protect this industry, Maroji mandates that only designated trading companies can import cheese, each of which is allocated the right to import a maximum number of pounds of cheese each year. By doing this, Maroji controls the amount of imported cheese. This is an example of a(n):.
a. import quota
b. import duty
c. import tariff
d. subsidy
e. local content requirement

Which basic economic questions deals with the issue of how the incomeof people in various occupations is determined

Atoy manufacturer makes its own wind-up motors, which are then put into its toys. while the toy manufacturing process is continuous, the motors are intermittent flow. data on the manufacture of the motors appears below. annual demand (d) = 50,000 units daily subassembly production rate = 1,000setup cost (s) = $85 per batch daily subassembly usage rate = 200carrying cost = $.20 per unit per year(a) to minimize cost, how large should each batch of subassemblies be? (b) approximately how many days are required to produce a batch? (c) how long is a complete cycle? (d) what is the average inventory for this problem? (e) what is the total annual inventory cost (holding plus setup) of the optimal behavior in this problem?

Which change is illustrated by the shift taking place on this graph? a decrease in supply an increase in supply o an increase in demand o a decrease in demand