The Economic System That Answers the What, How and for Whom

question 52

Multiple Choice

The economic system that answers the What, How and For Whom questions by central authority is a:

• A) market economy.
• B) command economy
• C) traditional economy.
• D) any of the above

Calculate the Wilcoxon rank sum test statistic and its standardized value (z).

Understand the impact of tied observations on the distribution of the Wilcoxon rank sum.

Interpret and calculate the expected value and standard deviation of the Wilcoxon rank sum test statistic under the null hypothesis.

Formulate null and alternative hypotheses for the Wilcoxon test based on the difference in medians.

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Definitions:

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operation, leading to a reduction in average costs per unit as output increases.

Diseconomies of Scale

The situation in which a business grows so large that the costs per unit increase, as opposed to economies of scale where costs per unit decrease with the increase in output.

Long-Run Average Cost Curve

A graphical representation that shows the minimum average cost at which any output level can be produced after all inputs are adjustable. It reflects economies and diseconomies of scale.

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operation, leading to a reduced cost per unit of output.