Which of the following is a disadvantage of government provision of a public good? a. the private sector can provide all public goods at a lower cost. b. the government does not provide enough of any public good. c. the government lacks information about what people are willing to pay for the good. d. none of the above is a disadvantage.

The rybczynski theorem describes: (a) how commodity price changes influence real factor rewards (b) how commodity price changes influence relative factor rewards. (c) how changes in factor endowments cause changes in commodity outputs. (d) how trade leads to factor price equalization.

Factors like the unemployment rate, the stock market, global trade, economic policy, and the economic situation of other countries have no influence on the financial status of individuals. ( t or f)

Suppose that two firms produce differentiated products and compete in prices. as in class, the two firms are located at two ends of a line one mile apart. consumers are evenly distributed along the line. the firms have identical marginal cost, $60. firm b produces a product with value $110 to consumers.firm a (located at 0 on the unit line) produces a higher quality product with value $120 to consumers. the cost of travel are directly related to the distance a consumer travels to purchase a good. if a consumerhas to travel a mile to purchase a good, the incur a cost of $20. if they have to travel x fraction of a mile, they incur a cost of $20x. (a) write down the expressions for how much a consumer at location d would value the products sold by firms a and b, if they set prices p_{a} and p_{b} ? (b) based on your expressions in (a), how much will be demanded from each firm if prices p_{a} and p_{b} are set? (c) what are the nash equilibrium prices?