Supply Curve and Demand Differentiation Quiz
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Which factor describes the change in quantity demanded due to a change in price?

  • Complementary goods
  • Substitutes
  • Change in income
  • Excess demand (correct)
  • What happens when both supply and demand move in the same direction?

  • Market equilibrium is reached
  • Predictions about price can be made but not about quantity
  • Excess supply occurs
  • Predictions about quantity can be made but not about price (correct)
  • Which principle explains the tendency of individual and market supply curves to be upward-sloping?

  • Principle of increasing opportunity cost
  • Death weight loss principle
  • Low-hanging-fruit principle (correct)
  • Inferior goods principle
  • What type of goods see an increase in demand as income increases?

    <p>Normal goods</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens to the market supply curve if both individual supply curves are upward-sloping?

    <p>It will be upward-sloping</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What occurs as producers expand production according to the text?

    <p>Costs tend to rise at the margin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What assumption is made about the firms selling goods in perfectly competitive markets?

    <p>They are price takers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characteristic defines firms in perfectly competitive markets?

    <p>All firms sell the same standardized product</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is considered when determining the socially optimal amount of doing something?

    <p>Marginal cost and marginal benefit</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What concept is applied when there are benefits but also costs to taking action?

    <p>Scarcity</p> Signup and view all the answers

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