Firefighters Are Highly Skilled Workers Who Are Typically Employed by City

question 56

Multiple Choice

Firefighters are highly skilled workers who are typically employed by city governments. If a city reduces the wage rate paid to firefighters to be less than the equilibrium wage rate, what happens to the economic rents earned by the firefighters?

• A) Increase
• B) Decrease
• C) Remain unchanged
• D) Public employees like firefighters cannot earn economic rents.

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Definitions:

Adjusting Journal Entry

A journal entry made in the accounting records at the end of an accounting period to allocate income and expenditure to the correct period.

Stock Investments

Stock investments refer to the purchasing of shares in companies as a means of owning a portion of the company and potentially earning dividends or capital gains.

Journal Entries

The recordings of financial transactions in an accounting system which form the basis of building financial statements.

Semiannual Interest Payments

Semiannual interest payments refer to the practice of paying interest on a loan or bond twice a year.