Assume that the price of rubber increased at the same time that michael jordan, arguably the best nba basketball player of all time, became famous. what do you expect to happen to the equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity of the basketball shoes that are promoted by michael jordan? a. equilibrium price will go up and equilibrium quantity will go down. b. equilibrium price will go up and equilibrium quantity will go up. c. equilibrium price will go down and equilibrium quantity will be indeterminate. d. equilibrium price will go down and equilibrium quantity will go up. e. equilibrium price will go up and equilibrium quantity will be indeterminate.

1. which one of the following would be an example of a supply-side market failure? a. a gas station is slowly leaking diesel fuel from its underground tanks, and after the leak is discovered, the business immediately cleans up the pollution at its own expense. b. a gas station is slowly leaking diesel fuel from its underground tanks, but the state uses taxpayer money to clean up the pollution rather than requiring the business to pay. c. your business wants to attract repeat customers by putting on a customer-appreciation picnic at a public park, but you decide not to because you couldn't prevent noncustomers from consuming the food and entertainment you provided. d. everyone rushes to the local retail outlet at midnight on the day of the release of a new video game console, and the store runs out before everyone is able to buy one.

Aeuropean aircraft producer has spent 15 years in developing a new aircraft that would potential threaten long-lasting boeing's dominance (monopoly) in the same class of aircrafts. the new european aircraft gets high marks on all performance measures except noise. because of the noise, the european producers management is concerned that the us government may impose restrictions which would forbid their aircraft to land in some of the american airports. without restrictions the estimated (present discounted) profit would be 125 million usd. with the restrictions the profit would only be 25 million usd. the chances of both outcomes are estimated to be 50-50. management must decide now whether to the cost of redesign program problem and a 60% chance it will fail. should the european aircraft producer start the noise redesign program if they do not have any redesign parts of the aircraft to solve the noise problem. is 25 million usd. there is a 40% chance that redesign will solve the noise additional information than mentioned above? draw the decision tree, indicate probabilities and outcomes of the events * imagine that the company could find out in advance the outcome of the u.s. government's e find the expected value of perfect information about the u.s. government's decision. decision. draw a new decision tree, indicate probabilities and outcomes of the events.

Whom do progressive taxes assess? a. only a large percentage of high-income households b. only a large percentage of organizations c. a large percentage of high-income households and organizations d. a large percentage of low-income households e. a small percentage of high-income households