Harvey Quit His Job at State University, Where He Earned

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Multiple Choice

Harvey quit his job at State University, where he earned $45,000 a year. He figures his entrepreneurial talent or forgone entrepreneurial income to be $5,000 a year. To start the business, he cashed in $100,000 in bonds that earned 10 percent interest annually to buy a software company, Extreme Gaming. In the first year, the firm sold 11,000 units of software at $75 for each unit. Of the $75 per unit, $55 goes for the costs of production, packaging, marketing, employee wages and benefits, and rent on a building.The total revenues of Harvey's firm in the first year were

• A)$220,000.
• B)$105,000.
• C)$605,000.
• D)$825,000.

Understand the concepts of producer surplus, consumer surplus, and deadweight loss in trade contexts.

Calculate the effects of tariffs and quotas on domestic production, consumption, imports, and exports.

Analyze the effects of government policies such as subsidies, production quotas, and specific taxes on market outcomes.

Explain the impact of elasticity on tax incidence and market outcomes.

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