Factor Markets
What is the opportunity cost of a firm deciding to hire more labor?
The price of raw materials saved by hiring more labor.
The total sum of wages paid to the additional labor.
The income foregone from not investing in capital or other resources.
The decrease in unemployment rates in the firm's industry.
What effect does a significant increase in immigration have on the factor supply curve for labor within an economy?
There's no shift; only wage levels fluctuate with new immigrants entering the job market.
The factor supply curve shifts leftward due to potential language barriers decreasing efficiency.
The factor supply curve becomes perfectly elastic since there’s an excess of labor available now.
The factor supply curve shifts rightward as more people are available for work.
When a firm hires another worker and notices that total output increases, this illustrates the concept of what?
Diseconomies of scale
Diminishing returns
Marginal product
Economies of scale
If the government increases subsidies for education and training, what is likely to happen to the supply of labor in a particular industry if all else remains constant?
It will decrease as workers demand higher wages due to increased skills.
It will decrease due to higher costs of hiring well-trained workers.
It will increase because workers are better trained and more available.
It will remain unchanged as subsidies do not affect worker availability.
What happens to the equilibrium price and quantity of loanable funds when there is an increase in public savings, assuming other factors are unchanged?
Both equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity decrease.
Equilibrium price increases and equilibrium quantity decreases.
Equilibrium price decreases and equilibrium quantity increases.
Both equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity increase.
What is the marginal physical product (MPP) of labor?
Total output divided by the number of workers.
Change in total cost from hiring one more worker
Change in total revenue when one more worker is hired
The additional output resulting from one more unit of labor
If technological advancements significantly lower the cost of production for firms in a monopolistically competitive market, what is the most likely long-term impact on the product prices and variety?
Prices will increase and product variety will remain unchanged due to greater differentiation.
Prices will remain unchanged and product variety will decrease due to increased economies of scale.
There will be no change in either prices or product variety as firms' profits are maximized at current levels.
Prices will decrease and product variety may increase due to reduced barriers to entry.

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In response to a decrease in corporate taxes, a company is likely to do what with respect to its workforce?
Keep its workforce size unchanged while increasing dividend payments only
Hire more workers due to increased after-tax profits allowing expansion
Outsource jobs overseas due to decreased financial constraints
Reduce its workforce as it tries to save money on operational costs
How does a decrease in labor productivity affect labor demand in a factor market?
Labor demand increases
Labor demand remains unchanged
Labor demand decreases
Labor supply increases
If the wage rate increases, what might happen to the quantity of labor demanded by firms in a market with highly skilled labor that has few substitutes?
The quantity of labor demanded might increase significantly.
The quantity of labor demanded might decrease slightly.
The quantity of labor demanded might remain constant.
The quantity of labor demanded might oscillate unpredictably.