City streets, sewage systems, and police protection are all examples of:

If Mrs. Smith thinks the last dollar spent on shirts yields less satisfaction than the last dollar spent on cola, and Mrs. Smith is a utility-maximizing consumer, she should:

Suppose a wallet firm has been dumping its wastes into the local river. The government finds out and insists that the firm pay for the cost of the river cleanup. As a result, we can expect:

Exhibit 3-23 Demand and supply curves ​ ​ In Exhibit 3-23, a movement from A to B in which price has decreased and quantity has increased is best explained by a(n):

Assuming that soybeans and tobacco can both be grown on the same land, a decrease in the price of tobacco, other things being equal, causes a(n):

Exhibit 7-4 A marginal product curve ​ ​ As shown in Exhibit 7-4, the law of diminishing returns applies in the range of:

A surplus means a(n):

The city of Greenville needs $40 million for a network of streetlights. There are 67,000 residents, meaning the cost for each resident is about $600. Mr. Miller refuses to donate towards the project. This is an example of the problems encountered with:

If the supply of a good decreased, what would be the effect on the equilibrium price and quantity?

Exhibit 7-10 Short-run cost schedule for book publisher’s hourly production ​ In Exhibit 7-10, the marginal cost of increasing production from 2 to 3 cases of books is: