The more flexible prices are, A. the greater the hesitancy of sellers to change the nominal price. B. the greater the demand shifts necessary to bring about a new equilibrium. C. the more quickly a shock to the economy can be absorbed. D. the larger the shifts in supply will be following a change in demand.

Licensing is perhaps the easiest method of entering into international trade. another method of entering international trade, which can be relatively low risk, is which opens several levels of involvement to company

Which of the following explains why the government sets a required reserve ratio for private banks? a. to allow the government to control the interest rate charged on loans. b. to prevent banks from printing too much money and causing inflation. c. to make sure banks don't run out of money when customers make withdrawals. d. to enable the regulation of risk levels in the decision process of offering loans. 2b2t

5. profit maximization and shutting down in the short run suppose that the market for polos is a competitive market. the following graph shows the daily cost curves of a firm operating in this market. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 price (dollars per polo) quantity (thousands of polos) mc atc avc for each price in the following table, calculate the firm's optimal quantity of units to produce, and determine the profit or loss if it produces at that quantity, using the data from the previous graph to identify its total variable cost. assume that if the firm is indifferent between producing and shutting down, it will produce. (hint: you can select the purple points [diamond symbols] on the previous graph to see precise information on average variable cost.) price quantity total revenue fixed cost variable cost profit (dollars per polo) (polos) (dollars) (dollars) (dollars) (dollars) 12.50 135,000 27.50 135,000 45.00 135,000 if the firm shuts down, it must incur its fixed costs (fc) in the short run. in this case, the firm's fixed cost is $135,000 per day. in other words, if it shuts down, the firm would suffer losses of $135,000 per day until its fixed costs end (such as the expiration of a building lease). this firm's shutdown price—that is, the price below which it is optimal for the firm to shut down—is per polo.