Executives at Leonesse Cellars, a premium winery in Southern California, were surprised to learn that shipping wine by sea to some cities in Asia was less expensive than sending it to the East Coast of the United States, so they started shipping to Asia. Source: (David Armstrong, "Discount Cargo Rates Ripe for the Taking," San Francisco Chronicle, August 28, 2005). Because of the large U. S. trade imbalance with major Asian nations, cargo ships arrive at West Coast seaports fully loaded but return to Asia half to completely empty. Use the concept of opportunity cost to help explain the differential shipping rates. Shipping wine to Asia is less expensive than transporting wine to the East Coast because:.
A. the price a shipping firm could have earned by transporting other cargo is high.
B. the value of the next best use of ships from the West Coast to Asia is low.
C, the cost of ships in sea transportation is a sunk cost.
D. the incremental cost of another shipment to Asia is decreasing.
E. the value of wine to consumers in Asia is higher than on the East Coast.

Suppose an economist believes that the price level in the economy is directly related to the money supply, or the amount of money circulating in the economy. the economist proposes the following relationship: p=a x m - p=price level - m=money supply - a=a composite of other factors, including real gdp, that change very slowly over time. how might an economist gather empirical data to test the proposed relationship between money and the price level? an economist would persuade the federal reserve to change the money supply to various levels, and observe the resulting changes in the price level. unlike researchers in the hard sciences, economists cannot study complex relationships using data. economists do not usually develop theoretical models of the economy but only analyze summary statistics about the current state of the economy. an economist would look for data on past changes in the money supply, and note the resulting changes in the price level

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