If You Decide to Go to Cancún with Your Friends

question 190

Multiple Choice

If you decide to go to Cancún with your friends during spring break,you cannot go to Paris with your sister in the summer.Which economic principle does this statement BEST represent?

• A)The true cost of something is its opportunity cost.
• B)"How much" is a decision at the margin.
• C)People usually respond to incentives,exploiting opportunities to make themselves better off.
• D)There are gains from trade.

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Definitions:

Common Stockholders

Individuals or entities that own shares of common stock in a corporation, giving them rights to dividends and voting in shareholder meetings.

Net Income

Net earnings of a company, calculated by subtracting all costs, including taxes and expenses, from its overall revenue.

Dividends

Payments made by a corporation to its shareholder members. It is the portion of corporate profits paid out to stockholders.

Stock Split

A corporate action that increases the number of a corporation's outstanding shares by dividing each share, which in turn reduces the price per share.