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Which of the following can lead to failure of the free market? externalities and market power externalities but not market power market power but not externalities neither externalities nor market power

When computing the opportunity cost of attending a basketball game you should include   the price you pay for the ticket and the value of your time the price you pay for the ticket, but not the value of your time the value of your time, but not the price you pay for the ticket neither the price of the ticket nor the value of your time

When a binding price ceiling is imposed on a market to benefit buyers, no buyers actually benefit some buyers benefit, but no buyers are harmed some buyers benefit, and some buyers are harmed all buyers benefit

  Panel (a) shows which of the following? (Remember the difference between a change in demand/shift vs quantity demanded/supplied) an increase in demand and an increase in quantity supplied an increase in demand and an increase in supply an increase in quantity demanded and an increase in quantity supplied an increase in quantity demanded and an increase in supply

In less than two years in the early 1920s, the cost of a German newspaper rose from 30 marks to 70,000,000 marks. This is a spectacular example of market power caused by a change in the country’s standard of living market power caused by a single firm controlling the newspaper production inflation caused by increased productivity in the economy inflation caused by an increase in the quantity of money in the economy

Very talented high-school athletes who skip college to become professional athletes   obviously do not understand the value of a college education usually do so because they cannot get into college understand that the opportunity cost of attending college is very high are not making a rational decision since the marginal benefits of college outweigh the marginal costs of college for high-school athletes

Costs that cannot be avoided and should not be included in your marginal costs because they have already been incurred are known as differential costs opportunity costs transaction costs      sunk costs

All of these are examples of unintended consequences EXCEPT Seat belt laws cause drivers to drive faster An increase in taxes leads to a decrease in your income Drug enforcement leads to more crime Telling your child to stop causes them to do it more.

In a trade, one side may have an unfair advantage over the other. This is a result of Unintended consequences Asymmetric Information The free rider problem  Irrational behavior

All points on an indifference curve indicate 1. equal cost 2. equal utility 3. equal profit 4. equal income