Micro
Macro
Ag Biz
RePo
Potpourri
100

The additional revenue from selling one more unit of goods/services is called the ________________.

Marginal revenue

100

If government receipts minus government spending is positive, the result would be called:

budget surplus

100

For a firm, the properties and economic resources it owns are known as

assets

100

What President signed into law the act which created the the United States Department of Agriculture?

Abraham Lincoln

100

What is the #1 ag commodity in CO

Beef

200

What is the term for a good whose level of consumption is directly related to income?

Normal good

200

The transaction demand for money is related to money functioning as a?

medium of exchange

200

What does LLP stand for?

Limited liability partnership

200

A(n) __________ is the effect of a decision on a third party not taken into account by the agent or decision maker.

externality

200

What does Colorado rank in terms of sheep production

#1!

300

The profit maximizing decision rule is

Marginal revenue = marginal cost

300

This index is the primary measure of inflation facing individuals in an economy?

Consumer Price Index (CPI)

300

What is the interest rate banks charge their best customers?

Prime interest rate

300

The analogy of criminal behavior that is used to demonstrate how rational behavior at the micro-level leads to an apparently irrational macro-outcome is called:

Prisoner's dilemma

300

What was the first year of the Colorado State fair?

1872

400

Given a price elasticity of demand of -1.5 and price decreases, what will happen to total revenue?

Increases

400

The assumption of "sticky prices" is central to what macro-economic model?

Keynesian macro-economics

400

Changes in accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory values, and prepaid expenses are examples of ________________ adjustments on an income statement.

accural

400

The exercise of what government power requires property owners to receive "just compensation" and that their property be used for "public use"?

eminent domain

400
What is the nickname of Colorado the state?

The Centennial State

500

Inverse industry demand is given by P = 20 - 5Q. Marginal revenue equals?

20 - 10Q

500

If the Federal Reserve wanted to pursue a(n) ___________ monetary policy, it could raise the discount rate.

contractionary

500
What does EOQ stand for

Economic Order Quantity

500

The purpose of the pigou tax is to __________ the negative externalities associated with the use of the good in question.

internalize

500

What Famous Wild West gunslinger died of tuberculosis in Glenwood Springs in 1887

Doc Holliday